Object Lessons: The Life of the Woman and the Poet in Our Time
Author | : Eavan Boland |
Publisher | : W. W. Norton & Company |
Total Pages | : 273 |
Release | : 1996-07-17 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780393346466 |
ISBN-13 | : 0393346463 |
Rating | : 4/5 (66 Downloads) |
Download or read book Object Lessons: The Life of the Woman and the Poet in Our Time written by Eavan Boland and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 1996-07-17 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this important prose work, one of our major poets explores, through autobiography and argument, a woman's life in Ireland together with a poet's work. Eavan Boland beautifully uncovers the powerful drama of how these lives affect one another; how the tradition of womanhood and the historic vocation of the poet act as revealing illuminations of the other.