Samenvatting
This article examines Nancy Cunard's early poetry in light of ongoing debates about the relationship between modernism and decadence. Rather than positioning Cunard as a 'dilettante', 'rebel' or 'muse', it suggests that she was a poet in her own right, adopting a modernist-decadent style. Through a close reading of her early poetry, published in the collections Outlaws and Sublunary, and her long poem Parallax, the article considers Cunard's poetry as an example of a continued decadence, showing how Cunard adopted decadent motifs and strategies in her work.
| Originele taal-2 | English |
|---|---|
| Pagina's (van-tot) | 591-609 |
| Aantal pagina's | 19 |
| Tijdschrift | Modernism/modernity |
| Volume | 30 |
| Nummer van het tijdschrift | 3 |
| DOI's | |
| Status | Published - sep 2023 |
Bibliografische nota
Funding Information:22. There is some confusion about who edited the early issues of Wheels. Marcus notes how “the painter Nina Hamnett, in her memoir Laughing Torso, says it was Cunard” (Nancy Cunard, 110). This is supported by the titular poem “Wheels.” 23. Leah Budke, “Reading Edith Sitwell’s Annual Poetry Anthology Wheels Through the Lens of Female Aestheticism,” English Literature in Transition, 1880–1920 61, no. 2 (2018): 232–49, 232.