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T1 Uncovering the Female Voice in Anne Sexton
A1 McGowan, Philip
AB This paper explores the concealed narrative voice of Sexton in aselection of her poetry, concentrating mainly on the works “All MyPretty Ones,” “Unknown Girl in a Maternity Ward,” and “The Abortion.”The impulse of Sexton’s voice in these poems in particular countersthe cultural spacings provided for and the inherited female traits of(not) figuring the female voice. Sexton’s poetry seeks a redefinition ofthe written text in order for that text to accommodate the real narrativesof the American female. Although not primarily a biographical study,this paper acknowledges Sexton’s adoption of drinking habits associatedwith males, in particular her father, her adaptation of female structuresand strictures of silence, initially from her mother, and also workswithin but also against the reductionist labelling of the US’s MiddleGeneration Poets as “confessional.”
PB Servicio de Publicaciones. Universidad de La Laguna
SN e-2530-8335
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RD 19-nov-2024