Women, modernism and British poetry, 1910-1939
Subtitle: resisting femininity
By: Jane Dowson.
Publisher: Ashgate
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Aldershot, Hants; Burlington, VT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 285
Subjects: English poetry -- Women authors -- History and criticism.; Feminism and literature -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.; Women and literature -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century.; English poetry -- 20th century -- History and criticism.; Feminist poetry -- History and criticism.; Modernism (Literature) -- Great Britain.; Sex role in literature.
Description: "This book primarily maps the poetry scene in Britain but identifies the significance of the network of writers between London, New York and Paris. It assesses women's participation in the diversity of modernist developments which include avant-garde experiments, quiet, but subtly challenging, formalism and assertive 'new woman' voices. It not only chronicles women's poetry but also their publications and involvement in running presses, bookshops and writing criticism.".

"Although historically situated, it is written from the perspective of contemporary debates concerning the interface of gender and modernism. The author argues that a cohering aesthetic of the poetry is a denial of femininity through various evasions of gendered identity such as masking, male and female impersonations and the rupturing of realist modes."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [252]-276) and index.