The Virago Book of Wicked Verse - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1853813877 ISBN 13: 9781853813870

Publisher: Virago, 1992

Synopsis

This wonderfully sharp and witty collection of poems - feisty, bawdy, erotic, irreverent - is an illuminating comment on women's ability to transform poetry into a medium of subversiveness. There are jibes at hypocrisy and prejudice, plenty of sexiness and sauciness, and a riotous turning of the 'Lady Poet' image on its head. ('A fallinf leaf could stir her. / A wilting, dying rose / would make her write, both day and night, / the most rewarding prose. / She'd find a hidden meaning / in every pair of pants / then hurry home to be alone / and write about romance' - Maya Angelou). With poets spanning continents and centuries, this anthology demonstrates lavishly the myriad ways in which women can be 'wicked' - by their definition - and wilfully so!

Poems by: Maya Angelou, Margaret Atwood, Aphra Behn, Nina Cassian, Emily Dickinson, Carol Ann Duffy, Lorna Goodison, Jackie Kay, Liz Lochead, Suniti Namjoshi, Grace Nichols, Dorothy Parker, Fiona Pitt-Kethley, Izumi Shikibu, Stevie Smith, Anna Wickham and many more.

About this title

Book Description:

* A witty and wicked collection of poetry including poems by Maya Angelou, Margaret Atwood, Emily Dickinson, Carol Ann Duffy, Jackie Kay, Liz Lochead, Suniti Namjoshi and Grace Nichols

About the Author:

Jill Dawson is the author of three novels, the latest being Fred & Edie, which was short-listed for the Whitbread Novel of the Year and the Orange Prize in 2001. In addition she has edited five anthologies and published journalism and poetry. She lives in the Fens with her partner and two sons.

About this edition

• Publisher: Virago
• Publication date: 1992
• ISBN 10: 1853813877
• ISBN 13: 9781853813870
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 194
• Editor: Dawson Jill