On the cusp of a dangerous year:
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Main Author: Roripaugh, Lee Ann (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Carbondale Crab Orchard Review ©2009
Series:Crab Orchard award series in poetry
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Item Description:Lady Murasaki wrote in The Tale of Genji that thirty-seven is "a dangerous year" for women. Evoking the styles of Murasaki and other women writers of the Heian-period Japanese court, Lee Ann Roripaugh presents a collection of confessional poems charting the course of that perilous year. Roripaugh, in both an homage to and a dialogue with women writers of the past, explores the trials of women facing the treacherous waters of time while losing none of the grace and decadence of femininity. Often calling upon the passing of the seasons and revelations of nature, these lyrical
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource
ISBN:0809329298
0809386755
1280697997
9780809329298
9780809386758
9781280697999

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