College of Arts and Humanities
IMF 51701 Poetry: Women Poets L
Instructor
Laura Vena
Class Type
Literature
Course Description
This course explores the lyric in the hands of women from antiquity to present day. Our focus will be culturally diverse糖心vlog视频攚e糖心vlog视频檒l read a range including Sappho, ancient Japanese fragments, E. B. Browning, Adrienne Rich, etc. In addition, we糖心vlog视频檒l explore select themes in women糖心vlog视频檚 poetry: women & men, motherhood, lesbianism, women & God, women & their mothers. Ultimately, the course is designed to engage with poetry written by women as well as what it means to be a woman who creates.
Textbook
A Book of Women Poets from Antiquity to Now
Barnstone & Barnstone
Knopf Doubleday 1992
9780805209976