A Journey with Two Maps: Becoming a Woman Poet
Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, Women Authors
| Author: | Eavan Boland | ISBN: | 9780393081985 |
| Publisher: | W. W. Norton & Company | Publication: | April 11, 2011 |
| Imprint: | W. W. Norton & Company | Language: | English |
| Author: | Eavan Boland |
| ISBN: | 9780393081985 |
| Publisher: | W. W. Norton & Company |
| Publication: | April 11, 2011 |
| Imprint: | W. W. Norton & Company |
| Language: | English |
“Boland offers encouragement to women poets of the future. . . . Her vivid imagery will beguile many.”—Publishers Weekly, starred review
These inspiring essays from the celebrated poet Eavan Boland are both critical and deeply personal, revealing the adventure, passion, and struggle of becoming a woman poet. In this thematic sequel to her classic Object Lessons, Boland traces her own experiences as a woman, wife, and mother and their effect on her poetry, and she looks to a world where she can change the poetic past as well as the present.
“Boland offers encouragement to women poets of the future. . . . Her vivid imagery will beguile many.”—Publishers Weekly, starred review
These inspiring essays from the celebrated poet Eavan Boland are both critical and deeply personal, revealing the adventure, passion, and struggle of becoming a woman poet. In this thematic sequel to her classic Object Lessons, Boland traces her own experiences as a woman, wife, and mother and their effect on her poetry, and she looks to a world where she can change the poetic past as well as the present.
