Download or read book Seeking Promethean Woman in the New Poetry written by Doris T. Wight and published by Peter Lang Incorporated, International Academic Publishers. This book was released on 1988 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examining images of woman hidden in «hermetic» modern poetry, this work surmounts subterfuges of style to find problematic female archetypes that illumine today's sex-role problems. Wight's analysis of difficult material offers stimulation to literary critics and theorists, to poets, to teachers, to feminists, and to everyone interested in the mysterious processes of human thought and art.