The Lesbian Muse And Poetic Identity, 1889-1930

by Sarah Parker

2021-01-08 15:31:42

Throughout history the poetic muse has tended to be (a passive) female and the poet male. This dynamic caused problems for late Victorian and twentieth-century women poets; how could the muse be reclaimed and moved on from the passive role of... Read more

Throughout history the poetic muse has tended to be (a passive) female and the poet male. This dynamic caused problems for late Victorian and twentieth-century women poets; how could the muse be reclaimed and moved on from the passive role of old? Parker looks atfin-de-siècleand modernist lyric poets to investigate how they overcame these challenges and identifies three key strategies: the reconfiguring of the muse as a contemporary instead of a historical/mythological figure; the muse as a male figure; and an interchangeable poet/muse relationship, granting agency to both.

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File size9.21 X 6.14 X 0 in
Print pages240
PublisherRoutledge
Publication date January 22, 2016
LanguageEnglish
ISBN9781138662186

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