Translating the Unspeakable: Poetry and the Innovative Necessity

by Kathleen Fraser and Cleo Qian

A prominent avant-garde poet charts both her personal artistic development and the difficulties faced by women writers pursuing innovative paths. An accomplished and influential poet, Kathleen Fraser has been instrumental in drawing attention to other women poets working outside the mainstream. Translating the Unspeakable gathers eighteen of her essays written over nearly twenty years, combining autobiography and criticism to examine what it means...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 081730990X
• ISBN13: 9780817309909
• Release Date: December 1999
• Publisher: University Alabama Press
• Length: 228 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.0"