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Robert Alexander’S White Pine Sucker River And Mark Vinz’S Late Night Calls, Donald L. Soucy

The Prose Poem: An International Journal

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The Female Language Barrier: A Close Reading Of The Poetry Of Emily Dickinson And Adrienne Rich, Annmarie Faiella

Honors Theses

Historically, the First Amendment right to free speech was limited to certain groups. Language, although constitutionally guaranteed since 1776, has not always been a freedom for everyone. Among those at language's mercy are immigrants, slaves, and women. Women's speech was limited not by a lack of knowledge, but by a societal acceptance of women as inferior.

What then do women do to overcome this ever-present chasm? What women did in the nineteenth century, the 1960s, and are still doing today is: write more creatively. The tighter the restraint of language, the more inventive the woman must be to use it …

First Day, Alan Soldofsky

Faculty Publications, English and Comparative Literature

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Starry Night, Alan Soldofsky

Faculty Publications, English and Comparative Literature

No abstract provided.