Feminism and Poetry: Language, Experience, Identity in Women's Writing

Jan Montefiore

Pandora, 1994 - Literary Criticism - 280 pages

Women's poetry has been frequently undervalued, misread or simply ignored. Even now there is a tendency to see the woman poet as a slight and freakish phenomenon compared with her substantial sister the novelist, let alone her massive and weighty poetic grandfathers. But as Jan Montefiore demonstrates in this book, the range, scope and variety of women's poetry, past and present, is thoroughly impressive.

Contents

• POETRY: 1
• WOMEN AND TRADITION: 26
• TOWARDS A WOMANS TRADITION: 57
• Lorde and Judy Grahn: 77
• PSYCHOANALYSIS: 97
• FEMALE: 135
• FEMINISM: 180
• Notes: 236
• Select bibliography: 267

Bibliographic information

• Title: Feminism and Poetry: Language, Experience, Identity in Women's Writing; New Edition Sept 01 Series
• Author: Jan Montefiore
• Edition: 2, illustrated, reprint
• Publisher: Pandora, 1994
• Original from: the University of California
• Digitized: Apr 2, 2010
• ISBN: 0044408935, 9780044408932
• Length: 280 pages
• Subjects: Literary Criticism / Poetry; Literary Criticism / Women Authors; Poetry / General; Social Science / Feminism & Feminist Theory