{"product_id":"speaking-of-power-di-brandt-9780889205062","title":"Speaking of Power: The Poetry of Di Brandt","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eSpeaking of Power: The Poetry of Di Brandt\u003c\/i\u003e introduces the reader to the lyric power and political urgency of the poetry of Di Brandt, providing an overview of her poetry written during a prolific and revolutionary twenty-year period. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Beginning with her early poetic inquiries into the dynamics of gender, religion, and the politics of language, Brandt examines the use and abuse of power as a cultural issue, emphasizing cross-cultural and domestic relationships. Particularly engaged with questions of motherhood, the land, violence and reparation, feminism, and spirituality, Brandt explores ecopoetics, an ecology of poetry, as a possible antidote to the cultural despair of the twenty-first century. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Editor Tanis MacDonald's introduction outlines the major movements of Brandt's work, emphasizing the relationship of language to power and the value of a dissenting voice in a forceful cultural poetics. An afterword by Brandt completes the volume. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Di Brandt\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 088920506X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780889205062\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Wilfrid Laurier University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/17\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 72\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.80h x 5.90w x 0.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eUniv PR Books for Public Libry\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2007 pg. 1 - Strongly Recommended","brand":"Di Brandt","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44120424907007,"sku":"9780889205062","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_adcd0e3a-cf41-40f5-b92a-6f91a7ac37ee.jpg?v=1687414234","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/speaking-of-power-di-brandt-9780889205062","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}