Desire and Gender in the Sonnet Tradition
Author | : Natasha Distiller |
Publisher | : Palgrave MacMillan |
Total Pages | : 240 |
Release | : 2008-02-21 |
ISBN-10 | : UOM:39015076194920 |
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Rating | : 4/5 (20 Downloads) |
Download or read book Desire and Gender in the Sonnet Tradition written by Natasha Distiller and published by Palgrave MacMillan. This book was released on 2008-02-21 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new study explores the poetic tradition of the love sonnet sequence in English as written by women from 1621-1931. It connects this tradition to ways of speaking desire in public in operation today, and to the development of theories of subjectivity in Western culture.