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The Book of Repulsive Women (Paperback)

by Djuna Barnes (Author), Rebecca Loncraine (Editor, Introduction)
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  • Paperback: 84 pages
  • Publisher: Fyfield Books; New edition edition (25 Sep 2003)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1857547071
  • ISBN-13: 978-1857547078
  • Product Dimensions: 21.1 x 13.5 x 1 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 713,130 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Djuna Barnes (1892-1982) once described herself as the most famous unknown writer, and although her novel "Nightwood" is celebrated, her poetry has been a well-kept secret. This selection contains work written between 1914 and the 1970s. Many of the poems in "The Book of Repulsive Women" first appeared in pamphlets and literary journals in New York and Paris. Published together for the first time, they throw new light on Barnes' development as a writer. The book reveals her as a poet of unique power, at once compelling and disorientating. Marianne Moore observed, "reading Djuna Barnes is like reading a foreign language, which you understand". "The Book of Repulsive Women" includes previously unpublished and uncollected poems, and five illustrations by Barnes herself. Rebecca Loncraine provides an introduction to Barnes' poetry.

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5.0 out of 5 stars About time!, 30 Sep 2003
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This collection of Barnes' poetry is a must for anyone interested in literary Modernism, but also for plenty of other folk. With a concise but very clear and useful introduction and a few of Djuna's idiosyncratic wood cuts dotted around, it's a great edition.

This is the first collection of her poetry, and includes stuff never seen in book form before. If you don't know anything about Djuna Barnes, start with Nightwood, but you should follow up with this shortly after.

Was she a Great poet? Nope, but this is very intersting stuff, showing the influences ranging from Emily Dickinson to the day's newspaper. Djuna has often been seen through the window of Eliot and Pound, perhaps this is the first step in giving her room of her own!

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