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"[Walker's] well-focused, clearly written essays demonstrate the conformity and the challenges to conventional expectations defining 'women poets.' Walker's work makes a significant contribution to an often neglected area of American literary history." -- Library Journal "Based on close reading and explication of the texts, Walker brings fresh insights to each poet."A -- Choice ..". Walker has devised an original analysis that puts a new spin on the works and lives of these poets." -- New Directions for Women Concentrating on Amy Lowell, Sara Teasdale, Elinor Wylie, H.D., Edna St. Vincent Millay, and Louise Bogan, Walker analyzes the highly stylized self-images -- from Lowell's androgyne to Millay's body-conscious romantic -- projected by these women who attempted to renegotiate the terms upon which they could function successfully as poets.Walker, Cheryl is the author of 'Masks Outrageous and Austere: Culture, Psyche, and Persona in Modern Women Poets' with ISBN 9780253363220 and ISBN 0253363225.
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