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Figure Studies : Poems /
Poet Claudia Emerson begins Figure Studies with a twenty-five-poem lyric sequence called ""All Girls School, "" offering intricate views of a richly imagined boarding school for girls. Whether focused on a lesson, a teacher, or the girls themselves as they collectively "&quo...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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Baton Rouge :
Louisiana State University Press,
2008.
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| Series: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
| Summary: | Poet Claudia Emerson begins Figure Studies with a twenty-five-poem lyric sequence called ""All Girls School, "" offering intricate views of a richly imagined boarding school for girls. Whether focused on a lesson, a teacher, or the girls themselves as they collectively ""school""--Or refuse to -- the poems explore ways girls are ""trained"" in the broadest sense of the word.""Gossips, "" the second section, is a shorter sequence narrated by women as they talk about other women in a variety of isolations; these poems, told from the outside looking in, highlight a speculative voici. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (80 pages). |
| ISBN: | 9780807143131 |