Engendering Inspiration: Visionary Strategies in Rilke, Lawrence, and H. D.
University of Michigan Press, March 1996. Hardcover. In a culture where passivity and receptivity are stereotypically deemed "feminine" traits, while authority and power are typically associated with maleness, the idea of poetic inspiration--which invests an individual with authority through the act of reception--sets up a conflict between traditional gender roles..... More