Sordid images
Subtitle: the poetry of masculine desire
By: S.H. Clark.
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 1994
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 291
ISBN-13: 9780415068017
Subjects: English poetry -- Male authors -- History and criticism.; Erotic poetry, English -- History and criticism.; Masculinity in literature.; Man-woman relationships in literature.; Misogyny in literature.; Desire in literature.; Sex in literature.; Men in literature.
Description: In this extraordinary and bold book, S.H. Clark explores and constructs a history of poetic misogyny. For the first time, a wide range of English poetry by men is examined for evidence of the articulation of heterosexual masculine desires. But Clark goes beyond a straightforward oppositional model of reading the male canon, to ask how we read this work 'after feminism', and whether it is possible to value these texts as misogynist texts in the light of feminist theory? Sordid Images is a challenging, controversial book. It will excite and unsettle its readers, and inspire many.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.