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Princeton University Press, Princeton, N.J
Introduction: The Muse's Monogram -- Ch. 1. "Efforts of Affection": Toward a Theory of Female Poetic Influence -- Ch. 2. Reading Bishop Reading Moore -- Ch. 3. The Memory of Desire and the Landscape of Form: Reading Bishop through Object-Relations...
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Introduction: The Muse's Monogram -- Ch. 1. "Efforts of Affection": Toward a Theory of Female Poetic Influence -- Ch. 2. Reading Bishop Reading Moore -- Ch. 3. The Memory of Desire and the Landscape of Form: Reading Bishop through Object-Relations Theory -- Conclusion: Object Relations, Influence, and the Woman Poet. This highly innovative work on poetic influence among women writers focuses on the relationship between modernist poet Elizabeth Bishop and her mentor Marianne Moore. Departing from Freudian models of influence theory that ignore the question of maternal presence, Joanne Diehl applies the psychoanalytic insights of object relations theorists Melanie Klein and Christopher Bollas to woman-to-woman literary transactions. She lays the groundwork for a far-reaching critical approach as she shows that Bishop, mourning her separation from her natural mother, strives to balance gratitude toward Moo
Includes bibliographical references (pages 111-116) and index. - Print version record
Introduction: The Muse's MonogramCh. 1. "Efforts of Affection": Toward a Theory of Female Poetic Influence -- Ch. 2. Reading Bishop Reading Moore -- Ch. 3. The Memory of Desire and the Landscape of Form: Reading Bishop through Object-Relations Theory -- Conclusion: Object Relations, Influence, and the Woman Poet.
