Book Overview
"'If we have the habit of freedom and the courage to write exactly as we think, ' as Woolf puts it in A Room of One's Own , writing like a woman simply means writing like what one actually is, in sickness and health, richer and poorer, belly and bowels, the consonants and the vowels too. We may have a general sense that women poets are more likely than men, at the present time, to write in detail about their bodies; to take power relationships as a theme; to want to speak with a strong rather than a subdued voice; are less likely to seek distance, more likely to seek intimacy, in poetic tone. But generalization would be foolish here. 'Woman poet, ' like 'American poet' or 'French poet' or 'Russian poet, ' allows--even insists on--diversity, while implying something valuable in common, some shared language and life, of tremendous importance to the poet and the poet's readers." --Alicia Ostriker
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0472063472
ISBN13:9780472063475
Release Date:February 1983
Publisher:University of Michigan Press
Length:160 Pages
Weight:0.44 lbs.
Dimensions:0.5" x 5.3" x 8.0"
Customer Reviews
1 rating
Ostriker Opened My Eyes
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 19 years ago
A wonderful book of literary criticism discussing the works of HD, Anne Sexton, Sylvia Plath, Adrienne Rich, and May Swenson. I was initially leery because the book was first published in the early 80s. However, Ostriker's ideas are still fresh, interesting and thought provoking. She almost has me agreeing with her that HD is the greatest woman poet of the 20th century.... almost. The title might be misleading for some. This is not a how-to manual for aspiring writers. This is a wonderful book of essays that sent me straight out to re-read poets whose work I hadn't read in years. Additionally, Ostriker's comments about her own creativity process have lead me to read some of her work as well. I was not disappointed. This book is a must read for anyone interested in 20th Century poetry.
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