Construction of an Artistic Self: Sophie Gaudier-Brzeska's Poetry Notebooks and Journal.
This study focuses on journal passages and verses from Sophie Gaudier-Brzeska's poetry notebooks that demonstrate her drive to construct an artistic self. Although her artistic ambitions were long central to her idealisation of aesthetic values, she faced patriarchal prejudices, poverty, and psychol...
| Publicado en: | Life Writing Vol. 23; no. 1; pp. 127 - 138 |
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| Formato: | Poetry Review |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Mar2026
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