This Country of Mothers
Julianna BaggottA mosaic of memories, the poems of This Country of Mothers recollect Julianna Baggott’s experiences as both mother and daughter. With wit, compassion, aggression, and anxiety, Baggott examines her maternal history. She recalls moments of creation and destruction in her life, times of elation and of desperation that mold her as both a woman and a poet. This affecting study of motherhood is framed in issues of Catholicism and of poetry itself, challenging and espousing the roles of both. Throughout her poems, Baggott’s personal experiences embrace universal themes to birth poems in a language and style that is both powerfully feminine and accessibly human.
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Year:
2001
Edition:
1
Publisher:
Southern Illinois University Press
Language:
english
Pages:
96
ISBN 10:
0809323818
ISBN 13:
9780809323814
Series:
Crab Orchard Series in Poetry
File:
PDF, 367 KB
IPFS:
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english, 2001