XEclogue
poetry by Robertson
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discussed in biography
- In Lisa Robertson: Early life, education, and work
XEclogue (1993) draws on Virgil’s Eclogues to examine and critique traditional conceptions of nature and womanhood that have become established clichés in the poetic tradition. This concern is also apparent in Debbie: An Epic (1997), which reconfigures the classical epic genre in the service of…
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