Women's Poetry and Popular Culture [electronic resource] /
Bryant, Marsha.author.
Bridging feminist and cultural studies, the book shows how British and American women poets often operate as cultural insiders. Individual chapters reassess major figures (H.D., Gwendolyn Brooks, Sylvia Plath), alternative modernist poets (Edith Sitwell, Stevie Smith), and contemporary poets (Ai, Carol Ann Duffy).
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Bridging feminist and cultural studies, the book shows how British and American women poets often operate as cultural insiders. Individual chapters reassess major figures (H.D., Gwendolyn Brooks, Sylvia Plath), alternative modernist poets (Edith Sitwell, Stevie Smith), and contemporary poets (Ai, Carol Ann Duffy).
CinemaScope poetics: H.D., Helen, and historical epic film -- The poetry picture book: Stevie Smith and children's culture -- Uneasy alliances: Gwendolyn Brooks, Ebony, and whiteness -- Everyday Ariel: Sylvia Plath and the dream kitchen -- Killer lyrics: Ai, Carol Ann Duffy, and the media monologue.
Poetry.
America-Literatures.
Literature, Modern-20th century.
Literature-Philosophy.
Poetry and Poetics.
North American Literature.
Twentieth-Century Literature.
Literary Theory.