Stepping Out Of the Shadows and Creating a History for Women
Date Submitted: 09/09/2006 23:30:43
Category: / History / European History
Length: 9 pages (2542 words)
Category: / History / European History
Length: 9 pages (2542 words)
Until recently, women poets in Ireland have gotten little recognition, with poetry being dominated for many years by a longstanding male tradition. In a recent interview, Eavan Boland expressed this dilemma, saying, "A young woman in one of my workshops told me if I called myself a poet, people would think I didn't wash my windows" (Hannan 10). For many years it was hard to break through the invisible barrier, one that prevented women poets from …
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