How Long to Read The Veiled Mirror and the Woman Poet

How Long Does it Take to Read The Veiled Mirror and the Woman Poet?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 15 minutes to read The Veiled Mirror and the Woman Poet by Elizabeth Caroline Dodd

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

In The Veiled Mirror and the Woman Poet, Elizabeth Dodd explores the lives and work of four women poets of the twentieth century - H. D., Louise Bogan, Elizabeth Bishop, and Louise Gluck. Dodd argues that sexist and male-dominated cultural forces in their personal and professional lives challenged these women to find a unique mode of expression in their poetry, a practice Dodd defines as personal classicism. Dodd uses the term personal classicism to examine modern and contemporary poetry that appears torn between two major modes of poetic sensibility, the Romantic and the Classical. While the four poets she addresses exhibit a poetic sensibility that is primarily Romantic - valuing Wordsworth's "spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings"; adopting a natural, spoken tone; and relying on personal subject matter - they have nonetheless employed masking and controlling strategies that are more nearly Classical. Combining feminist theory and biographical studies with close readings of individual poems, Dodd moves historically from H. D., one of the best-known Imagists, through the Confessional movement, to the major contemporary poet Louise Gluck. In the final chapter Dodd brings us to the present, where she finds women writers still struggling with the recent Confessional legacy of such highly anthologized poets as Anne Sexton and Sylvia Plath. The Veiled Mirror and the Woman Poet combines thoughtful consideration of both formal and theoretical issues in a graceful prose that reaffirms poetry as an art vitally connected to life. It will be of significant interest to students of modern and contemporary poetry, as well as to those concerned with women's studies.

How long is The Veiled Mirror and the Woman Poet?

The Veiled Mirror and the Woman Poet by Elizabeth Caroline Dodd is 248 pages long, and a total of 63,984 words.

This makes it 84% the length of the average book. It also has 78% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Veiled Mirror and the Woman Poet Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 49 minutes to read The Veiled Mirror and the Woman Poet aloud.

What Reading Level is The Veiled Mirror and the Woman Poet?

The Veiled Mirror and the Woman Poet is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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