Fate (Masterplots II: Women’s Literature Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Florence Anthony
- First Published: 1991
- Type of Work: Poetry
- Genres: Poetry, Narrative poetry
- Subjects: Self-discovery, United States or Americans, Class conflict, Sexism, Social issues, Poverty or poor people, Violence, Women’s issues, Oppression, Death or dying, Politicians, Fame, Fate or fatalism, Popular culture
Form and Content
Fate: New Poems is a collection of long poems that give voice to mythic American figures. Some of Ai’s characters are people from recent history, such as film director Alfred Hitchcock, actor James Dean, singer Elvis Presley, Teamsters leader Jimmy Hoffa, and Mary Jo Kopechne, the woman who drowned when Senator Edward Kennedy’s car plunged into a river in Chappaquiddick, Massachusetts. Others are nameless but memorable individuals who live at a subsistence level and who survive out of sheer will. The poems are monologues or soliloquies that prod...
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