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Modern Women Poets
D (Ed) Rees-Jones
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Description for Modern Women Poets
Paperback. An anthology that draws together the work of women poets from Britain, Ireland and America as one version of a history of women's poetic writing, while not isolating women's writing from its intersection with the work of male contemporaries. It allows the reader to trace women's negotiations with one another's work. Editor(s): Rees-Jones, Deryn. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DCQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 141 x 26. Weight in Grams: 510. 320 pages, illustrations. Editor(s): Rees-Jones, Deryn. An anthology that draws together the work of women poets from Britain, Ireland and America as one version of a history of women's poetic writing, while not isolating women's writing from its intersection with the work of male contemporaries. It allows the reader to trace women's negotiations with one another's work. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: DCQ. Dimension: 217 x 141 x 26. Weight: 502.
"Modern Women Poets" is the companion anthology to Deryn Rees-Jones's pioneering critical study, "Consorting with Angels: Essays on Modern Women Poets". While its selections illuminate and illustrate her essays, Deryn Rees-Jones's superb anthology works in its own right as the best possible introduction to a whole century of poetry by women. The anthology draws together the work of women poets from Britain, Ireland and America as one version of a history of women's poetic writing, while not isolating women's writing from its intersection with the work of male contemporaries. Tracing an arc from Charlotte Mew to Stevie Smith, from Sylvia ... Read more
"Modern Women Poets" is the companion anthology to Deryn Rees-Jones's pioneering critical study, "Consorting with Angels: Essays on Modern Women Poets". While its selections illuminate and illustrate her essays, Deryn Rees-Jones's superb anthology works in its own right as the best possible introduction to a whole century of poetry by women. The anthology draws together the work of women poets from Britain, Ireland and America as one version of a history of women's poetic writing, while not isolating women's writing from its intersection with the work of male contemporaries. Tracing an arc from Charlotte Mew to Stevie Smith, from Sylvia ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bloodaxe Books Ltd
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
Weight
519g
Number of Pages
416
Place of Publication
Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781852246785
SKU
V9781852246785
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Ref
99-13
About D (Ed) Rees-Jones
Deryn Rees-Jones was born in Liverpool with family links to North Wales, where she later studied. She won an Eric Gregory Award in 1993 and The Memory Tray (Seren, 1995) was shortlisted for the Forward Prize for Best First Collection. Her other works include Signs Round a Dead Body (Seren, 1998), Quiver (Seren, 2004), and a groundbreaking critical study of ... Read more
Reviews for Modern Women Poets
A surprising and substantial anthology.
Faith Lawrence
The Poetry House Magazine
An excellent, comprehensive survey…the headnotes to each poet are interesting and informative.
Michael Glover
Independent
She makes her subject matter. It is impossible to read her and remain disengaged, and this is an important achievement.
Jane Griffiths
Times Literary Supplement
... Read more
Faith Lawrence
The Poetry House Magazine
An excellent, comprehensive survey…the headnotes to each poet are interesting and informative.
Michael Glover
Independent
She makes her subject matter. It is impossible to read her and remain disengaged, and this is an important achievement.
Jane Griffiths
Times Literary Supplement
... Read more