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Women Writers and Poetic Identity: Dorothy Wordsworth, Emily Bronte and Emily Dickinson
Hardback
Main Details
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Women Writers and Poetic Identity: Dorothy Wordsworth, Emily Bronte and Emily Dickinson
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Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Margaret Homans
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Series | Princeton Legacy Library |
Physical Properties |
Format:Hardback | Pages:272 | Dimensions(mm): Height 229,Width 152 |
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Category/Genre | Literary studies - c 1800 to c 1900 Literary studies - poetry and poets |
ISBN/Barcode |
9780691638010
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Classifications | Dewey:821.009 |
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Audience | Tertiary Education (US: College) | Professional & Vocational | |
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Publishing Details |
Publisher |
Princeton University Press
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Imprint |
Princeton University Press
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Publication Date |
19 April 2016 |
Publication Country |
United States
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Description
How does the consciousness of being a woman affect the workings of the poetic imagination? With this question Margaret Homans introduces her study of three nineteenth-century women poets and their response to a literary tradition that defines the poet as male. Her answer suggests why there were so few great women poets in an age when most of the gr
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