| Description |
xv, 224 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
Southern literary studies |
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Southern literary studies.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 201-211) and index. |
| Contents |
Light years -- Dark blessings -- Song of herself -- Plath, Clifton, and the myths of menstruation -- The Biblical poems -- Diabolic dialogism in "brothers" -- Elegies for Thelma -- Concentric circles of selfhood in generations -- Lucille talks about Lucille: an interview. |
| Summary |
"In Wild Blessings, Hilary Holladay offers the first full-length study of Lucille Clifton's poetry, drawing on a broad knowledge of the American poetic tradition and African American poetry in particular. Holladay places Clifton's poems in multiple contexts - personal, political, and literary - as she explicates major themes and analyzes specific works: Clifton's poems about womanhood, a central concern throughout her career; her fertility poems, which are compared with Sylvia Plath's poems on the same subject; her relation to the Black Arts Movement and to other black female poets, such as Gwendolyn Brooks and Sonia Sanchez; her biblical poems; her elegies; and her poignant family history, Generations, an extended prose poem. This book concludes with a wide-ranging interview with Clifton, in which she discusses her poetry and private life."--BOOK JACKET. |
| Subject |
Clifton, Lucille, 1936-2010 -- Criticism and interpretation.
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Women and literature -- Southern States -- History -- 20th century.
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| ISBN |
0807129879 (alk. paper) |
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9780807129876 (alk. paper) |
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