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Author:

Galvin, Mary E., 1961-

Title:

Queer poetics : five modernist women writers / Mary E. Galvin.

Publisher:

Praeger,

Copyright Date:

1999

Description:

xii, 143 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Subject:

Dickinson, Emily,--1830-1886--Criticism and interpretation.
Stein, Gertrude,--1874-1946--Criticism and interpretation.
Lowell, Amy,--1874-1925--Criticism and interpretation.
Barnes, Djuna--Criticism and interpretation.
Loy, Mina--Criticism and interpretation.
Lesbians' writings, American--History and criticism.
American poetry--History and criticism.--History and criticism.
Homosexuality and literature--United States.
Modernism (Literature)--United States.
Women and literature--United States.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [133]-137) and index.

Contents:

Introduction: lesbian theory in poetry -- Poltergeist of form: Emily Dickinson and the reappropriation of language and identity -- Imagery and invisibility: Amy Lowell and the erotics of particularity -- "This shows it all": Gertrude Stein and the reader's role in the creation of significance -- Rhythms of experience: Mina Loy and the poetics of "love" -- "Dropping crooked into rhyme": Djuna Barnes' use of form and the liminal space of gender -- "A curious secret": H.D. and the palimpsest of sexual identity.

ISBN:

9780313298103 (alk. paper)
0313298106 (alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)36969758

LCCN:

97021449

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

OMAX631 -- Geisler Learning Resource Cntr (Pella)