Inside Out: Eye Imagery and Female Identity in Margaret Atwood's Poetry
Description:
Margaret Atwood speaks about a now common and yet still predominant question of female identity. Eye images, appearing frequently, correlate with ideas of observation, perception, and reflection as the woman seeks to understand herself. Introductory material examines three female archetypes, five victim positions, and male-female worlds. Eye imagery in early poetry expresses female feelings of frustration and submission to unfair roles and expectations. Imagery in the middle poetry presents cau…
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Date:
May 1982
Creator:
Conner, Susan Carpenter
Partner:
UNT Libraries