Tuesday, 18 March 2008

Eurydice - Outwitting Patriarchy

Eurydice is one of the few women in the collection to COMPLETELY outwit patriarchy. Find out more here. Interestingly, although I talk about 'Dark Lady' here, I don't mention the reference to the 'White Goddess', who is a figure invented by the poet Robert Graves that he believed was the inspiration for all male poets. The idea of a female muse is one of many dangerous anti-female ideas becasue it silences actual women's voices and identities, as well as positioning men as 'creators of art', leaving women only as subject matter, effectively. Eurydice outwits them all..

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