EH 245 Brenau University Women Literary Discussion

Gilbert, Sandra and Susan Gubar, editors. The Norton Anthology of Literature by Women: The Traditions in English. 3rd ed., vol. 2, Early Twentieth Century through Contemporary. Norton, 2007.

Doolittle, Hilda. “Oread.” Gilbert and Gubar pp. 284.

• Doolittle, Hilda. “Eurydice.” Gilbert and Gubar pp. 285-289.

Bogan, Louise. “Medusa.” Gilbert and Gubar pp. 505.

Sarton, May. “The Muse as Medusa.” Gilbert and Gubar pp. 643.

Rukeyser, Muriel. “The Birth of Venus.” Gilbert and Gubar pp. 648.

• Rukeyser, Muriel. “The Poem as Mask.” Gilbert and Gubar pp. 649.
• Rukeyser, Muriel. “Myth.” Gilbert and Gubar pp. 653-654.
• Wright, Judith: “Ishtar.” Gilbert and Gubar pp. 724-725.
• Beer, Patricia. “Brunhild.” Gilbert and Gubar pp. 884.
• Tapahonso, Luci. “Leda and the Cowboy.” Gilbert and Gubar pp. 1393-1394.
• Locey, Kathryn. “More Notes on the Poem as Mask.” 
• Goldensohn, Lorrie. “On ‘The Poem as Mask.’” Modern American Poetry, https://www.modernamericanpoetry.org/criticism/lorrie-goldensohn-poem-mask.
• “Botticelli’s Birth of Venus.” ItalianRenaissance.org, 20 Aug. 2012, www.italianrenaissance.org/botticelli-birth-of-venus/
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• What obstacles for women writers, intellectuals, or artists does she address? 

How do her ideas compare to at least one of the other women, even if they are not in direct conversation? 

• What solutions to the obstacles above does she propose on behalf of women?  

Which of these authors/poets do you find the most effective in conveying her message and why? (Pick one.)