{"product_id":"speaking-of-power-the-poetry-of-di-brandt-paperback","title":"Speaking of Power: The Poetry of Di Brandt - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDi Brandt\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eTanis MacDonald\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eSpeaking of Power: The Poetry of Di Brandt\u003c\/i\u003e introduces the reader to the lyric power and political urgency of the poetry of Di Brandt, providing an overview of her poetry written during a prolific and revolutionary twenty-year period. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Beginning with her early poetic inquiries into the dynamics of gender, religion, and the politics of language, Brandt examines the use and abuse of power as a cultural issue, emphasizing cross-cultural and domestic relationships. Particularly engaged with questions of motherhood, the land, violence and reparation, feminism, and spirituality, Brandt explores ecopoetics, an ecology of poetry, as a possible antidote to the cultural despair of the twenty-first century. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Editor Tanis MacDonald's introduction outlines the major movements of Brandt's work, emphasizing the relationship of language to power and the value of a dissenting voice in a forceful cultural poetics. An afterword by Brandt completes the volume. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 72\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.2 x 8.8 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 01, 2006\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42174492508295,"sku":"9780889205062","price":23.74,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/818e780571d912dc20a4921be667e7a9.webp?v=1733374484","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/speaking-of-power-the-poetry-of-di-brandt-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}