"Th'unhappy Poet's Breast": Resisting violation in Anne Finch's "To the Nightingale"

"Th'unhappy Poet's Breast": Resisting violation in Anne Finch's "To the Nightingale"

Linker examines how Anne Finch uses the metaphor of the nightingale in the poem To The Nightingale. She presents a feminist critique in which human speech itself is presented as a phallo-linguistic weapon of patriarchal oppression.

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Published in:English studies Vol. 88; no. 2; pp. 166 - 176
Main Author: Linker, Laura Alexander
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Lisse Routledge 01-04-2007
Swets & Zeitlinger bv
Subjects:
Birds
Feminism
Finch, Anne
Literary criticism
Metaphor
Poetry
Rape
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Summary:Linker examines how Anne Finch uses the metaphor of the nightingale in the poem To The Nightingale. She presents a feminist critique in which human speech itself is presented as a phallo-linguistic weapon of patriarchal oppression.
ISSN:0013-838X
1744-4217
DOI:10.1080/00138380601154967