The Granite Pail (Masterplots II: Women’s Literature Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Lorine Niedecker
- First Published: 1985
- Type of Work: Poetry
- Genres: Poetry
- Subjects: Language or languages, Family or family life, Self, Marriage, Rural or country life, Poetry or poets, Biography, Learning or scholarship, Aesthetics
Form and Content
The Granite Pail: The Selected Poems of Lorine Niedecker, edited by Cid Corman, presents an intriguing, if somewhat familiar, picture of Niedecker as a highly autobiographical poet whose primary concern is that which occurs in the domestic realm. Much of the work in this text focuses on the experiences of a female poet living on Blackhawk Island in rural Wisconsin; it tends to be devoid of the political concerns that critic Jenny Penberthy has argued are the source of many of Niedecker’s lesser-known poems. The poet whom Corman reveals understands the...
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