Mirrors of Entrapment and Emancipation : Forugh Farrokhzad and Sylvia Plath

Mirrors of Entrapment and Emancipation explores the rich diversity of the meanings associated with the mirror and reflection in literature by women on the basis of the works of the Persian Forugh Farrokhzad (1935-1967) and her American contemporary Sylvia Plath (1932-1963). These two poets astutely...

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Main Author: Rahimi Bahmany, Leila (auth)
Format: eBook
Published: Leiden Leiden University Press 20150301
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God
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