Poetic epistemologies
Subtitle: gender and knowing in women's language-oriented writing
By: Megan Simpson.
Series: SUNY series in feminist criticism and theory
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Albany
Language: eng
Number of pages: 222
Subjects: American poetry -- 20th century -- History and criticism.; Language and languages in literature.; Feminism and literature -- United States -- History -- 20th century.; Women and literature -- United States -- History -- 20th century.; American poetry -- Women authors -- History and criticism.; Experimental poetry, American -- History and criticism.; Feminist poetry -- History and criticism.; Knowledge, Theory of, in literature.; English language -- Sex differences.; Gender identity in literature.
Description: "Poetic Epistemologies explores the political and epistemological implications of women's language-oriented writing in the United States, arguing that, in its investigation of knowledge, language, and gender, this writing (re)unites art with philosophy, and both with social critique.

Featuring eight contemporary and four earlier-twentieth-century poets - including Lyn Hejinian, Susan Howe, Leslie Scalapino, Mina Loy, and Gertrude Stein - Simpson emphasizes each writer's unique contribution to the emerging tradition of feminist epistemological poetry. Drawing upon original interviews, as well as poststructuralist and feminist theory, Poetic Epistemologies offers an informed account of one of the most vital recent developments in contemporary American poetry."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 207-216) and index.