Mirrors of Entrapment and Emancipation Forugh Farrokhzad and Sylvia Plath
Mirrors of Entrapment and Emancipation explores the rich diversity of the meanings associated with the mirror and reflection in literature by women on the basis of the works of the Persian Forugh Farrokhzad (1935-1967) and her American contemporary Sylvia Plath (1932-1963). These two poets astutely...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Leiden
Leiden University Press
2015
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| Series: | Iranian Studies Series
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| Collection: | OAPEN - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | Mirrors of Entrapment and Emancipation explores the rich diversity of the meanings associated with the mirror and reflection in literature by women on the basis of the works of the Persian Forugh Farrokhzad (1935-1967) and her American contemporary Sylvia Plath (1932-1963). These two poets astutely employed mirror images for the realization as well as for communication of their turbulent psycho-emotional states to their readers, thereby capturing and conveying the essence of women desperately trapped among the antithetical images of twentieth-century womanhood. |
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| Item Description: | Creative Commons (cc), https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode |
| ISBN: | 9789087282240 9789400602076 9789087282967 |