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A Journey With Two Maps: Becoming a Woman Poet
Eavan Boland
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Description for A Journey With Two Maps: Becoming a Woman Poet
Paperback. An exploration of concepts of art and womanhood, of what it means for Boland to be a woman poet, finding her own voice within a tradition. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 137 x 23. Weight in Grams: 368. Becoming a Woman Poet. 256 pages. An exploration of concepts of art and womanhood, of what it means for Boland to be a woman poet, finding her own voice within a tradition. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCF; DSC. Dimension: 216 x 137 x 23. Weight: 362.
A Journey with Two Maps begins with an anecdote: one afternoon, Eavan Boland saw one of her mother's paintings for sale in a gallery, signed by her famous teacher. It is the starting point for an exploration of concepts of art and womanhood, of what it means to be a woman poet, finding her own voice within a tradition. Boland's discussion is both critical and deeply personal, an account of her development as a poet that traces her experiences as a woman, wife and mother in the light of influences such as Adrienne Rich, Elizabeth Bishop, Gwendolyn Brooks and Sylvia ... Read more
A Journey with Two Maps begins with an anecdote: one afternoon, Eavan Boland saw one of her mother's paintings for sale in a gallery, signed by her famous teacher. It is the starting point for an exploration of concepts of art and womanhood, of what it means to be a woman poet, finding her own voice within a tradition. Boland's discussion is both critical and deeply personal, an account of her development as a poet that traces her experiences as a woman, wife and mother in the light of influences such as Adrienne Rich, Elizabeth Bishop, Gwendolyn Brooks and Sylvia ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Carcanet Press Ltd
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Manchester, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781857545418
SKU
V9781857545418
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About Eavan Boland
Born in Dublin in 1944, Eavan Boland studied in Ireland, London and New York. Her first book was published in 1967. She has taught at Trinity College, University College and Bowdoin College Dublin, and at the University of Iowa. She is currently Mabury Knapp Professor in the Humanities at Stanford University, California. A pioneering figure in Irish poetry, Boland's previous ... Read more
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