Document Type
Article
Journal or Conference Title
The Bloomsbury Review
ISSN
0276-1564
Publication Date
5-2001
Department
Literature and Languages
Abstract
"Alicia Ostriker advocates a 'poetics of ardor,' one which is not detached, objective, or merely intellectual, instead a poetry that embraces a big-hearted and practical definition of what erotic means. Dancing at the Devil’s Party is mostly about women’s poetry but Ostriker also reminds us of the wide-reaching sensuality of Whitman, Hopkins, Keats, and other sexy male forebears who permitted love to appear in their work."
Recommended Citation
Rogoff, Marianne, "Two Necessities of Poetry: Plenitude and Exuberance" (2001). Collected Faculty and Staff Scholarship. 121.
https://scholar.dominican.edu/all-faculty/121
Publisher Statement
Originally published as Rogoff, M. (2001) Dancing at the Devil's Party: Essays on Poetry, Politics, and the Erotic by Alicia Ostriker. The Bloomsbury Review.