The Poetry of American Women from 1632 to 1945

by Emily Stipes Watts

American women have created an especially vigorous and innovative poetry, beginning in 1632 when Anne Bradstreet set aside her needle and picked up her "poet's pen." The topics of American women poets have been various, their images their own, and their modes of expression original.

Emily Stipes Watts does not imply that the work of American men and that of American women are two different kinds of poetry, although they have been treated...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0292764502
• ISBN13: 9780292764507
• Release Date: March 1977
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 234 Pages
• Weight: 0.77 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"