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The Nightingale's Burden: Women Poets and American Culture before 1900
The Nightingale's Burden Women Poets and American Culture before 1900
Author: Cheryl Walker
In this evocative exploration, Cheryl Walker shows that there is a distinct tradition of women's poetry in America -- one that the poets themselves have not always been fully aware of -- and that individual poems can be read as manifestations of that tradition. Philomela, the nightingale of literary mythology, serves as a model for women poets, ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780253340658
ISBN-10: 0253340659
Publication Date: 1/1/1983
Pages: 208
Edition: 1
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Publisher: Indiana University Press
Book Type: Hardcover
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