The Lesbian Muse and Poetic Identity, 1889–1930

Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, Poetry History & Criticism
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Author: Sarah Parker ISBN: 9781317319986
Publisher: Taylor and Francis Publication: October 6, 2015
Imprint: Routledge Language: English
Author: Sarah Parker
ISBN: 9781317319986
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
Publication: October 6, 2015
Imprint: Routledge
Language: English

Throughout history the poetic muse has tended to be (a passive) female and the poet male. This dynamic caused problems for late Victorian and twentieth-century women poets; how could the muse be reclaimed and moved on from the passive role of old? Parker looks at fin-de-siècle and modernist lyric poets to investigate how they overcame these challenges and identifies three key strategies: the reconfiguring of the muse as a contemporary instead of a historical/mythological figure; the muse as a male figure; and an interchangeable poet/muse relationship, granting agency to both.

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Throughout history the poetic muse has tended to be (a passive) female and the poet male. This dynamic caused problems for late Victorian and twentieth-century women poets; how could the muse be reclaimed and moved on from the passive role of old? Parker looks at fin-de-siècle and modernist lyric poets to investigate how they overcame these challenges and identifies three key strategies: the reconfiguring of the muse as a contemporary instead of a historical/mythological figure; the muse as a male figure; and an interchangeable poet/muse relationship, granting agency to both.

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