Earnest, Earnest?
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Earnest, Earnest?

Poems

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Earnest, Earnest?

Poems

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About This Book

In Earnest, Earnest?, the speaker, Eleanor, writes postcards to her on-again-off-again lover, Earnest. The fact that her lover's name is Earnest and that their relationship is fraught, raises questions of sincerity and irony, and whether both can be present at the same time. While Earnest can be read literally as Eleanor's lover, he is best understood as another side of the poet's self. The ambiguity at play in Earnest, Earnest? is embodied in the form of the "Earnest Postcards" that structure the book—these postcards are experimental in their use of images and formal in their dialogue with the sonnet. Thus, Earnest, Earnest? is a question of tone, address, and form.

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Publisher
University of Pittsburgh Press
Year
2020
ISBN
9780822987895
Topic
Literature
Subtopic
Women in Poetry
Index
Literature

Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Dedication
  5. Contents
  6. The Heart Is Not a Synonym for the Chest
  7. [Earnest Postcard]
  8. [Earnest Postcard]
  9. [Earnest Postcard]
  10. [Earnest Postcard]
  11. Notes
  12. Acknowledgments