My life, a loaded gun: Female creativity and feminist poetics

by Paula Bennett

My life, a loaded Female creativity and feminist poetics

Genres: Feminism, Nonfiction

300 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1986

Reviews

[Abby · Rating 3 out of 5]

Interesting and readable portraits of the work and feminist, artistic growth of Emily Dickinson, Sylvia Plath, and Adrienne Rich. I felt like this should have been three different books, though, one book for each poet, as the connections between the three were not strongly made or argued. Still, an enjoyable academic discussion of the creativity and feminist attitudes that emerged within these three great poets.

(Worth reading if only to find and have read the Adrienne Rich poem, "A Photograph of an Unmade Bed.")

[Märta · Rating 5 out of 5]

This helped me a lot when writing my extended essay! Major shoutout to Paula Bennett, you’re the goat 🐐💯

[Ellis Jewel · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book had a profound influence on my life. See my review on TikTok @ellisjewel https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZT83DRmGB/

[Bea Alden · Rating 3 out of 5]

About the work of Emily Dickinson, Sylvia Plath and Adrienne Rich