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F2F

Janet Holmes

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Editorial:
Longleaf - Univ of Notre Dame du Lac
Año de edición:
2006
Materia
Poesía
ISBN:
9780268030766
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Holme’s collection of poetry uses the work of Emily Dickinson and other female figures such as Echo, Eurydice, and Eros to create a conceit of the sense of sight and the complex role it plays in women’s self-identities and relationships through the vehicle of online text-messaging language

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