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A Minor Poet and Other Verse (1884) is a poetry collection by Amy Levy.
Published when the poet was only twenty-three years old, A Minor Poet and Other Verse is the work of a pioneering writer and feminist whose poetry and prose explores the concept of the New Woman while illuminating the realities of Jewish life in nineteenth century London. “I am sad / Here in this gracious city, whose white walls / Gleam snow-like in the sunlight; whose fair shrines / Are filled with wondrous images of gods; / Upon whose harbour’s bosom ride tall ships, / Black-masted, fraught with fragrant merchandise; / Whose straight-limbed people, in fair stuffs arrayed, / Do throng from morn till eve the sunny streets.†Brought to a foreign land by her lover Jason, Medea becomes an exile in body and soul.
Unable to assimilate within a culture dedicated to commerce and flowing with hatred and vanity, she despairs and longs for release.
In this monologue, Levy perhaps projects some of her own feelings as a feminist and lesbian living in Victorian England.
Othered already through her Jewish identity, Levy struggled throughout her life with depression.
In “Xantippe,†a poem inspired by Socrates’ wife, Levy imagines a monologue from a woman emerging from despair into hope, who sees “a rosy glimmer†at the casement and cries “O fling it wide […] and give me light!†With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition Amy Levy’s A Minor Poet and Other Verse is a classic work of British literature reimagined for modern readers.
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- Publication Date:16/09/2021
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- ISBN:9781513295824
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:64 pages
- Publisher:Graphic Arts Books
- Publication Date:16/09/2021
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- ISBN:9781513295824
