Forms of expansion
Subtitle: recent long poems by women
By: Lynn Keller.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 373
Subjects: American poetry -- Women authors -- History and criticism.; Women and literature -- United States -- History -- 20th century.; American poetry -- 20th century -- History and criticism.; Epic poetry, American -- History and criticism.
Description: Expanding the boundaries of both genre and gender, contemporary American women are writing long poems in a variety of forms that repossess history, reconceive female subjectivity, and revitalize poetry itself. In the first book devoted to long poems by women, Lynn Keller explores this rich and evolving body of work.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 341-351) and index.