A PARALLEL STUDY OF TWO BRITISH WOMEN POETS: RUTH PITTER AND ELIZABETH JENNINGS

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Though the study of the two poets Ruth Pitter and Elizabeth Jennings is the main purpose of this study, it has been found to be inseparable from two other issues which threaten to overshadow the main purpose with their topical importance: namely, women's poetry as part of women's movement, and the place of women poets as major literary figures in the tradition of modern poetry. If Pitter and Jennings had been studied earlier, if a body of criticism about their works already existed, the two issues would have received greater attention here. However, not completely ignoring their relevance to Pitter and Jennings as poets, incisions of a highly selective nature have been made to bring enough material at the beginning and the conclusion of the study to surround and bring to life the works of the two poets. The central chapters present the body of the study. The universality of Pitter and Jennings is explored at their own pace of development--from formative to transitional and then to matu

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