The Lesbian Muse and Poetic Identity, 1889-1930 (Hardcover)

Throughout history the poetic muse has tended to be (a passive) female and the poet male. This dynamic caused problems for late Victorian and twentieth-century women poets; how could the muse be reclaimed and moved on from the passive role of old? Parker looks at fin-de-siecle and modernist lyric poets to investigate how they overcame these challenges and identifies three key strategies: the reconfiguring of the muse as a contemporary instead of a historical/mythological figure; the muse as a male figure; and an interchangeable poet/muse relationship, granting agency to both.

General

Imprint:	Pickering & Chatto (Publishers) Ltd
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Gender and Genre
Release date:	November 2013
First published:	2014
Authors:	Sarah Parker
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	240
ISBN-13:	978-1-84893-386-6
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > 19th century Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > From 1900 Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Poetry & poets > General
LSN:	1-84893-386-X
Barcode:	9781848933866

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