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Object lessons : the life of the woman and the poet in our time

By Boland , Eavan

Book information

Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Year
1995
ISBN
9780393037166, 0393037169, 9780393314373, 0393314375
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
705 kB (721476 bytes)
Edition
1st ed
Pages
254\0
Time added
2015-12-23 22:00:00
BolandEavan. PoetsIrish -- 20th century -- Biography. Women and liteIrish. Women. Women and literature. Ireland. Schri

Description

In this important prose work, one of our major poets explores, through autobiography and argument, a woman's life in Ireland together with a poet's work. Eavan Boland beautifully uncovers the powerful drama of how these lives affect one another; how the tradition of womanhood and the historic vocation of the poet act as revealing illuminations of the other. Included are autobiographical pieces about a woman living in Ireland, about a grandmother, a childhood. In the second section, Boland details the part of the life in which the vocation of the poet meets the life of the woman. Read more... Abstract: In this important prose work, one of our major poets explores, through autobiography and argument, a woman's life in Ireland together with a poet's work. Read more...

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