Prelude : poems / Brynne Rebele-Henry.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rebele-Henry, Brynne, 1999- Poems. Selections, author.

Series:

Pitt poetry series.

Pitt Poetry Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English literature--20th century--History and criticism.

English literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (70 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Pittsburgh, Pa. : University of Pittsburgh Press, [2022]

Summary:

Prelude delineates the gay female experience through a poetic reconstruction of the girlhood of Catherine of Siena, a Catholic saint who lived in 1300s Italy and disobeyed her parents by refusing marriage to devote her life to God. Through a historical lens, Brynne Rebele-Henry examines the erasure of gay women's lives and offers a perspective of medieval queer girlhood while considering themes such as violence, desire, and the lesbian body.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Note

Prelude to Becoming Holy

As a girl I believed in

Prelude to Stardust

Bonaventura

Lapa

Introduction to Sainthood

Absolvement

Aubade for a Glass-Boned Saint

Creation Myth 1

Creation Myth 2

Creation Myth 3

Creation Myth 4

Creation Myth 5

Orchadiae

Desiderare

An elegy for what I could never be

Miraculae

Mantelatte

Severance

Upon Praying

Swallow

Matrimonio Bianco

To turn slowly to the dusk

In which your body is a holy object

Countenance

Take

Leggera

Gialla

Forever moving further and further away from us

Sessuale

In which your body is a dead thing, birch wood, thorns, a half-prayer

Lesbica

Terra

Scheletrica

To accept (blindly)

Assolvere

Oscuritá

Disintegrare

Elegy for a Broken Sun

Paradisum

Niente, Niente, Niente

Acknowledgments

Glossary.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Print version: Rebele-Henry, Brynne Prelude

ISBN:

9780822988885

OCLC:

1295280331