Women poets of the Americas : toward a pan-American gathering ; [papers presented at a conference held Dec. 1995, Cancún, Mexico

This volume pays homage to a sample of women poets through a variety of critical approaches shaped in the deep soil of the Americas. Contributors offer critical readings of the poetry of women including Elizabeth Bishop, Lorna Dee Cervantes, Emily Dickinson, Rita Dove, Joy Harjo and Audre Lorde. Women Poets of the Americas CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGMENTS INTRODUCTION PART I— WOMEN (GENDER) 1— Unappeasable and Arrogant: Women and the Faces of Death (Irreconciliables y soberbias: La mujer y... I— Overture II— Más vale la muerte que el olvido (Better Dead Than Forgotten) III— Bound Up in Rage and Ready to Die Like Juana Gallo IV— Discourse: That Other Realm Called Reality Epilogue Notes Works Cited 2— Rites/Rights of Canonization: Audre Lorde as Icon Figuring the Mother in Black Sacred Texts and Relics Notes Works Cited 3— ''The Muse As Fluffball": Margaret Atwood and the Poetry of the Intelligent Woman Notes Works Cited 4— Infectious Ecstasy: Toward a Poetics of Performative Transformation Notes Works Cited 5— Siting the Poet: Rita Dove's Refiguring of Traditions Notes Works Cited PART II— POETS (GENRE/POETICS) 6— Elizabeth Bishop: War, Love, Race, and Class Notes Works Cited 7— Rethinking the "Eyes" of Chicano Poetry, or, Reading the Multiple Centers of Chicana Poetics Notes 8— Formalism, Feminism, and Genre Slipping in the Poetic Writings of Leslie Scalapino1 Notes Works Cited 9— Lyn Hejinian and the Possibilities of Postmodernism in Poetry Note Work Cited PART III— AMERICAS (GEOGRAPHY/POLITICS) 10— Reimagining "Empire's Westward Course": Amy Clampitt's A Silence Opens Works Cited II— Bishop in Brazil: Writing the Un-renamable Notes Works Cited 12— Family Values and the Jewishness of Linda Pastan's Poetic Vision Notes 13— Castings for a (New) New World: The Poetry of Joy Harjo I— How the Real World Collapses II— Bearing Witness: Writing Poems to Change the World III— The Myth Slipped Down through Dreamtime Notes Works Cited 14— Mixing It Up in M. Nourbese Philip's Poetic Recipes Notes Works Cited 15— Kozmic Reappraisals: Revising California Insularity I— Islands II— Communities III— Poems IV— Social Violence and the Question of Poetry; Poetry and the Question of Social Violence; Question... Works Cited CONTRIBUTORS INDEX A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z Unappeasable And Arrogant: Women And The Faces Of Death / María Dolores Bolívar -- Rites/rights Of Canonization: Audre Lorde As Icon / Anna Wilson -- The Muse As Fluffball: Margaret Atwood And The Poetry Of The Intelligent Woman / Martine Watson Brownley -- Infectious Ecstasy: Toward A Poetics Of Performative Transformation / Cynthia Hogue -- Siting The Poet: Rita Dove's Refiguring Of Traditions / Susan R. Van Dyne -- Elizabeth Bishop: War, Love, Race, And Class / Margaret Dickie -- Rethinking The Eyes Of Chicano Poetry, Or, Reading The Multiple Centers Of Chicana Poetics / Cordelia Chávez Candelaria -- Formalism, Feminism, And Genre Slipping In The Poetic Writings Of Leslie Scalapino / Laura Hinton -- Lyn Hejinian And The Possibilities Of Postmodernism In Poetry / Charles Altieri -- Reimagining Empire's Westward Course: Amy Clampitt's A Silence Opens / Celeste Goodridge -- Bishop In Brazil: Writing The Un-renamable / Susan Mccabe -- Family Values And The Jewishness Of Linda Pastan's Poetic Vision / Sanford Pinsker -- Castings For A (new) New World: The Poetry Of Joy Harjo / Janet Mcadams -- Mixing It Up In M. Nourbese Philip's Poetic Recipes / Cristanne Miller -- Kozmic Reappraisals: Revising California Insularity / Maria Damon. Edited By Jacqueline Vaught Brogan And Cordelia Chávez Candelaria. Papers Presented At A Conference Held Dec. 1995, Cancún, Mexico. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Papers presented at a conference held Dec. 1995, Cancâun, Mexico.