{"product_id":"this-business-of-words-reassessing-anne-sexton-hardcover","title":"This Business of Words: Reassessing Anne Sexton - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAmanda Golden\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLong overshadowed by fellow confessional poets Sylvia Plath and Robert Lowell, Anne Sexton seldom features in literary criticism, despite being one of America's most influential women writers. Now in this much-needed volume Sexton and her poetry are reassessed for the first time in two decades. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e With new access to her archives, the scholars and poets featured here consider Sexton's wide range of literary production: how it shaped her creative process, informs readings of her work, and reveals her efforts to build a successful career without a university education. Notable in presenting Sexton the educator and public figure, \u003ci\u003eThis Business of Words\u003c\/i\u003e also considers her relationships with peers and various media and interprets her strategies for teaching, critiquing poems, and delivering readings. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e As they revisit their initial encounters with Sexton as readers, writers, and teachers, the contributors to this volume map the influence of her craft on twenty-first-century culture. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eContributors\u003c\/b\u003e Jeanne Marie Beaumont - Jeffery Conway - Jo Gill - Amanda Golden - Christopher Grobe - Anita Helle - Kamran Javadizadeh - Dorothea Lasky - Kathleen Ossip - David Trinidad - Victoria Van Hyning\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAmanda Golden\u003c\/b\u003e is assistant professor of English at New York Institute of Technology\u003ci\u003e.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.81 x 9.02 x 5.98 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 29, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42722636628031,"sku":"9780813062204","price":145.72,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/ab36deff239336b7a775408173f5226a_88dade5f-d8b0-41b8-a5f3-21e64e64594c.webp?v=1765096427","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/this-business-of-words-reassessing-anne-sexton-hardcover","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}