Modernist women poets and whimsy: Marianne Moore and Dorothy Parker
Modernist women poets and whimsy: Marianne Moore and Dorothy Parker
This article assesses the work of Dorothy Parker (1893–1967) and Marianne Moore (1887–1972) in relation to the aesthetic category of whimsy. It considers how whimsy has been used as a term of dismissal for American women poets, outlines ways both writers’ receptions have been informed by this context, and explores questions of cost, worth, and value raised by their work. It situates whimsy in relation to Sianne Ngai’s account of diminutive modes in Our Aesthetic Categories (2015) and suggests why American women’s modernist poetry can be a useful context for exploring the aesthetic and cultural associations of whimsy.
whimsy, poetry, Moore, Parker
May, Will
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6 March 2020
May, Will
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May, Will
(2020)
Modernist women poets and whimsy: Marianne Moore and Dorothy Parker.
Humanities, 9 (1), [24].
(doi:10.3390/h9010024).
Abstract
This article assesses the work of Dorothy Parker (1893–1967) and Marianne Moore (1887–1972) in relation to the aesthetic category of whimsy. It considers how whimsy has been used as a term of dismissal for American women poets, outlines ways both writers’ receptions have been informed by this context, and explores questions of cost, worth, and value raised by their work. It situates whimsy in relation to Sianne Ngai’s account of diminutive modes in Our Aesthetic Categories (2015) and suggests why American women’s modernist poetry can be a useful context for exploring the aesthetic and cultural associations of whimsy.
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Submitted date: 1 October 2019
Accepted/In Press date: 17 February 2020
e-pub ahead of print date: 6 March 2020
Published date: 6 March 2020
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Special Issue: Modernist Women Poets: Generations, Geographies and Genders
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whimsy, poetry, Moore, Parker
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