| Sordid Images: The Poetry of Masculine Desire Contributor(s): Clark, Steve (Author) |
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ISBN: 0415068010 ISBN-13: 9780415068017 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $161.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: August 1994 Annotation: In this extraordinary and bold book, S.H. Clark explores and constructs a history of poetic misogyny from Shakespeare to Larkin. This wide range of English poetry by men is examined for evidence of the articulation of heterosexual and masculine desires. Clark goes beyond a straigtforward oppositional model of reading the male canon, to ask how we read this work and whether, in light of contemporary gender theory, it is possible to value these texts not in spite of their misogyny but because of it. "Sordid Images" is a challenging, controversial book. It will excite and unsettle it readers, and inspire many to look in a new way at some of the cornerstone works of English literature and the poetry of masculine desire. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | European - English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh - Literary Criticism - Reference |
| Dewey: 821.009 |
| LCCN: 93043826 |
| Lexile Measure: 1280 |
| Physical Information: 1.11" H x 6.04" W x 8.58" (1.13 lbs) 300 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In this extraordinary and bold book, S.H. Clark explores and constructs a history of poetic misogyny. For the first time, a wide range of English poetry by men is examined for evidence of the articulation of heterosexual masculine desires. |