She Wields a Pen: American Women Poets of the Nineteenth Century

From: Transformations | Date: September 30, 1998| Author: | Copyright information

She Wields a Pen: American Women Poets of the Nineteenth Century.

In the preface to She Wields a Pen, editor Janet Gray asks us to consider a crude colonial portrait of domestic life. "A black woman sits cradling a white infant in the corner of a modest middle-class parlor. She gazes into the distance through a window. In the centre of the room a white woman reads from a bright little book, her attention enfolding her audience of toddlers, a girl and a boy. Overseeing all, a young white patriarch stands, hands in pockets, as if he has nothing to do but signify his position in the household." ...

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