This business of words : reassessing Anne Sexton / edited by Amanda Golden.
| Other author | Golden, Amanda, 1979- editor. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication | Gainesville, FL : University Press of Florida, [2016] |
| Copyright Date | ©2016 |
| Description | x, 279 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Introduction : reassessing Anne Sexton / Amanda Golden -- "The house/of herself" : reading place and space in the poetry of Anne Sexton / Jo Gill -- Anne Sexton's photographic self-fashioning / Anita Helle -- Anne Sexton's institutional voice / Kamran Javadizadeh -- Reading, voice, and performance : "the freak show" revisited / Victoria Van Hyning -- From the podium to the second row : the vanishing feel of an Anne Sexton reading / Christopher Grobe -- "Two sweet ladies" : Anne Sexton and Sylvia Plath's friendship and mutual influence / David Trinidad -- Are we fake? : images of Anne Sexton, twentieth-century woman/poet / Kathleen Ossip -- The poet has collapsed : coming to terms with Anne Sexton's late poetics and public persona / Jeffery Conway -- "The speaker in this case" : Anne Sexton as tale-teller in Transformations / Jeanne Marie Beaumont -- Anne Sexton and the wild animal : an exploration of the bestiary poems / Dorothea Lasky. |
| Abstract | This book offers fresh perspective on the life and writings of Anne Sexton, one of the most influential American women writers. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Genre/form | Criticism, interpretation, etc. |
| LCCN | 2016035946 |
| ISBN | 9780813062204 (cloth) |
| ISBN | 0813062209 (cloth) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | PS3537 .E915 Z94 2016 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |