| Description |
1 online resource (293 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; THIS BUSINESS OF WORDS; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures ; Acknowledgments ; Abbreviations ; Introduction: Reassessing Anne Sexton ; 1. "The house / of herself": Reading Place and Space in the Poetry of Anne Sexton ; 2. Anne Sexton's Photographic Self-Fashioning |
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3. Anne Sexton's Institutional Voice 4. Reading, Voice, and Performance: "The Freak Show" Revisited ; 5. From the Podium to the Second Row: The Vanishing Feel of an Anne Sexton Reading ; 6. "Two Sweet Ladies": Anne Sexton and Sylvia Plath's Friendship and Mutual Influence |
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7. Are We Fake? Images of Anne Sexton, Twentieth-Century Woman/Poet 8. The Poet Has Collapsed: Coming to Terms with Anne Sexton's Late Poetics and Public Persona ; 9. "The Speaker in This Case": Anne Sexton as Tale-Teller in Transformations |
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10. Anne Sexton and the Wild Animal: An Exploration of the Bestiary Poems List of Contributors ; Index |
| Summary |
This book offers fresh perspective on the life and writings of Anne Sexton, one of the most influential American women writers |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Sexton, Anne, 1928-1974 -- Criticism and interpretation
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| SUBJECT |
Sexton, Anne, 1928-1974 fast |
| Subject |
Poets, American -- 20th century -- Criticism and interpretation
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- Poetry.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- General.
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Poets, American
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780813052571 |
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0813052572 |
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9780813051895 |
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0813051894 |
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