Michael Field’s Long Ago (1889): A Transcendental Mythopoesis of Desire and Death
In this article, I propose a new reading of Michael Field’s Long Ago (1889) focused on explaining how this volume of verse appropriates the figure of Sappho, rewrites her failed romance with Phaon, and amplifies her archetypal image of tragic lover through a mythopoetic narrative that refashions di...
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Universidad de Valladolid
2018-12-01
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| Series: | ES Review |
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| Online Access: | https://revistas.uva.es/index.php/esreview/article/view/2378 |