Power Politics (collection)
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1st edition (publ. Anansi)
Power Politics is a book of poetry by Canadian author Margaret Atwood, published in 1971.
It contains her famous simile:
| “ | You fit into me
like a hook into an eye
a fish hook an open eye |
” |
The violent surprise of this poem is typical of Atwood’s imagery.[1]
Gender is a crucial theme in Power Politics. The collection was often dismissed as a poetic version of Women's Lib although Atwood herself rejected the notion that the Women's Movement influenced the conception of Power Politics.[2]
Notes
- ↑ Montagnes, Anne (Oct. 4, 1980), "Violence and humor in Margaret Atwood and poets flabby in comparison", The Globe and Mail: E. 14
- ↑ Reingard M. Nischik. Engendering genre: the works of Margaret Atwood. Ottawa: University of Ottawa Press, 2009, p. 19, ISBN 978-0-7766-0724-5.
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