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Catherine Theis

    The Fraud of Good Sleep
    H.D.'s Dramatic Poetics
    • Focusing on mythopoetic writing, Hilda Doolittle reinterprets timeless myths to explore self-knowledge, featuring female characters who redefine boundaries and articulate new languages. H.D.'s Dramatic Poetics examines the role of theatrical creation as a vital imaginative portal for discovering innovative poetic forms. The work expands feminist critical discourse by highlighting H.D.'s contributions to female narratives within both lyric and theatrical traditions, showcasing her as a significant visionary in feminist literature.

      H.D.'s Dramatic Poetics
    • The Fraud of Good Sleep is a book of serious humanist poems. Theis's poems combine a stunning, classical rigor with a passionate madness that is utterly contemporary and surprising. From prose poems and extended lyric sequences to translations and fragments, this book attempts to enfold the living past into the insane present.

      The Fraud of Good Sleep