Lyric interventions : feminism, experimental poetry, and contemporary discourse / Linda A. Kinnahan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kinnahan, Linda A. (Linda Arbaugh)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Feminist poetry, American--History and criticism.

Feminist poetry, American.

American poetry--Women authors--History and criticism.

American poetry.

English poetry--Women authors--History and criticism.

English poetry.

Experimental poetry, American--History and criticism.

Experimental poetry, American.

Experimental poetry, English--History and criticism.

Experimental poetry, English.

Feminism and literature--English-speaking countries.

Feminism and literature.

Women and literature--English-speaking countries.

Women and literature.

Lyric poetry--History and criticism.

Lyric poetry.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (305 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, c2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Lyric Interventions explores linguistically innovative poetry by contemporary women in North America and Britain whose experiments give rise to fresh feminist readings of the lyric subject. The works discussed by Linda Kinnahan explore the lyric subject in relation to the social: an "I" as a product of social discourse and as a conduit for change.Contributing to discussions of language-oriented poetries through its focus on women writers and feminist perspectives, this study of lyric experimentation brings attention to the cultural contexts of nation, gender, and

Contents:

Acknowledgments and Permissions; Introduction; 1 Lyric Conversations and Interventions; 2 Lyric Discourse, the Arts, and the Avant-Garde; 3 "Our Visible Selves"; 4 The Rhetoric of Self, Nation, and Economics; 5 Theory and the Lyric "I"; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [247]-264) and index.

ISBN:

1-58729-446-X

OCLC:

56109479