Understanding Sharon Olds Brickey Hardback MP–SCA Uni of South Carolina

Understanding Sharon OldsAuthor(s): Russell Brickey\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: University of South Carolina Press, United States\nImprint: University of South Carolina Press\nISBN-13: 9781611177114, 978-1611177114\nSynopsis\nUnderstanding Sharon Olds explores this Pulitzer Prizewinning poets major themes, characters, life, and career, including her often-controversial portrayals of family dysfunction, sexuality, and violence against women. In this first book dedicated entirely to the poetry of Sharon Olds, Russell Brickey examines how Olds approaches these difficult and complex topics with pathos and intimate, sometimes provocatively private, details through poetry that not all her critics appreciate.\n\nOlds has never shied away from difficult subject matter. Her first award-winning book, Satan Says, is a feminist exploration of gender politics and adolescent discovery. The Father comprises a book-length elegy about cancer. Stags Leap, Oldss Pulitzer Prizewinning volume, is a sur.