| Description |
xii, 143 pages : portraits ; 25 cm |
| Series |
Contributions in women's studies, 0147-104X ; no. 161 |
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Contributions in women's studies ; no. 161. 0147-104X
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| Contents |
Introduction: lesbian theory in poetry -- Poltergeist of form: Emily Dickinson and the reappropriation of language and identity -- Imagery and invisibility: Amy Lowell and the erotics of particularity -- "This shows it all": Gertrude Stein and the reader's role in the creation of significance -- Rhythms of experience: Mina Loy and the poetics of "love" -- "Dropping crooked into rhyme": Djuna Barnes' use of form and the liminal space of gender -- "A curious secret": H.D. and the palimpsest of sexual identity |
| Analysis |
Lesbians̀ writing, American -- History and criticism |
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Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886 -- Criticism and interpretation |
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Stein, Gertrude, 1874-1946 -- Criticism and interpretation |
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Lowell, Amy, 1874-1925 -- Criticism and interpretation |
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American poetry -- Women authors -- History and criticism |
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Homosexuality and literature -- United States |
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Barnes, Djuna -- Criticism and interpretation |
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Loy, Mina -- Criticism and interpretation |
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Modernism (Literature) -- United States |
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Women and literature -- United States |
| Notes |
Imperfect hardcover has incorrect t.p. publisher statement: Praeger. Actual publisher statement should be: Greenwood Press; on spine: GP |
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ISBN in hardback edition belongs to Praeger paperback edition |
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Paperback ediiton has incorrect title-page publisher statement: Greenwood Press. Actual publisher statement should be Praeger; on spine: Praeger |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliography (pages 133-137) and index |
| Subject |
Barnes, Djuna, 1892-1982 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Stein, Gertrude, 1874-1946 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Lowell, Amy, 1874-1925 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Barnes, Djuna -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Loy, Mina -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Lesbians' writings, American -- History and criticism.
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American poetry -- Women authors -- History and criticism.
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Lesbians -- United States -- Intellectual life.
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Homosexuality and literature -- United States.
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Modernism (Literature) -- United States.
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Women and literature -- United States.
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| LC no. |
97021449 |
| ISBN |
0313298106 (alkaline paper) |
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9780313298103 (alkaline paper) |
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0275961060 (Praeger pbk.) (alkaline paper) |
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9780275961060 (Praeger pbk.) (alkaline paper) |
