Authors: Mary E. Galvin
ISBN-13: 9780275961060, ISBN-10: 0275961060
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Greenwood Publishing Group, Incorporated
Date Published: September 1999
Edition: (Non-applicable)
MARY E. GALVIN has been teaching literature, writing, and women's studies at the State University of New York, Albany, for the past nine years.
A critical look at the intersections between the development of "queer" consciousness and the poetic experimentations of Emily Dickinson, Amy Lowell, Gertrude Stein, Mina Loy, Djuna Barnes, and H.D.
After explaining Lesbian Theory in poetry, Galvin (literature, writing, and women's studies, State U. of New York-Albany) looks at Emily Dickinson and reappropriating language and identity, Amy Lowell and the erotics of particularity, Gertrude Stein and the readers role in creating experience, Mina Loy and the poetics of love, Djuna Barnes' use of form and the liminal space of gender, and H.D. and the palimpsest of sexual identity. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
Preface: Remembering | ||
Acknowledgments | ||
Introduction: Lesbian Theory in Poetry | 1 | |
1 | Poltergeist of Form: Emily Dickinson and the Reappropriation of Language and Identity | 11 |
2 | Imagery and Invisibility: Amy Lowell and The Erotics of Particularity | 21 |
3 | "This shows it all": Gertrude Stein and the Reader's Role in the Creation of Significance | 37 |
4 | The Rhythms of Experience: Mina Loy and the Poetics of "Love" | 51 |
5 | "Dropping Crooked into Rhyme": Djuna Barnes' Use of Form and the Liminal Space of Gender | 83 |
6 | "A curious secret": H.D. and the Palimpsest of Sexual Identity | 105 |
Afterword | 127 | |
Works Cited and Consulted | 133 | |
Index | 139 |