CAPTIVITY NARRATIVE (OSU JOURNAL AWARD POETRY) [Hardcover]

MARY ANN SAMYN (Author)

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After Arguing
Alice In The Hallway
Alice Writes A Letter
Alice Writes Her Memoirs
Alice, Falling
The Bereavement Room
The Bitter End
Bright Waiting
The Chimney
Cracked Alice
Dash
Devil And The Deep Blue Sea
Devilkin
The Disappearing Girl
The Disappearing Girl Explains
The Disappearing Girl Returns Home
The Disappearing Girl's Homemade Magic Show
The Disappearing Girl's Mother Remembers
Display Case
Enough
'feminism, The Body, And The Machine'
Femme Fatale Alice
Fifth Remove: In Which There Is A Choice
First Remove: In Which There Is An Omen
Fourth Remove: In Which What Holds Gives Way
Gothic Alice
Gretel: A Case Study
Her Sisters Agree
His Bag Of Tricks
Interview With Alice
Lake Bottom
Lessons In The Invisible
The Listening Room
The Magician As A Boy
The Magician Explains How
The Mesmerist
The Method
Mockingbird Pie
Nature Exhibit
One Thing Or Another
The Parts Of A Flower
Planetarium
Private Showing
Raised In The Dark
Reality Trick
Second Remove: In Which There Is Affliction
A Short History Of Anxiety
Sixth Remove: In Which There Is Conclusion
The Sorceress
Spoiled Alice
Third Remove: In Which Attempts Are Made
Thoroughly Modern Alice
Trompe Poeil In Winter
-- Table of Poems from Poem Finder® --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 112 pages
• Publisher: Ohio State University Press; 1 edition (August 1, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0814208320
• ISBN-13: 978-0814208328
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.8 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #10,582,873 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars O Please, July 31, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: CAPTIVITY NARRATIVE (OSU JOURNAL AWARD POETRY) (Paperback)

Lingistically interesting, splendid syntax, and many fine moments of lyricism as I'd expect from such a fine writer. But let's be real. The capitivity narrative as frame has long become an academic feminist cliche, and Samyn does little to expand our contemporary or historical reading of it.

Is this all our third wave has to offer?

1 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Lost and found, May 6, 2001

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M. Thomas Goecke (Michigan) - See all my reviews

This review is from: CAPTIVITY NARRATIVE (OSU JOURNAL AWARD POETRY) (Paperback)

The dark eyes and quick wit of this fascinating young woman are just a hint of the depth and range of her work. I am fortunate enough to have met Ms. Samyn and heard her read her work, and I highly reccomend this book. Using an historical framework, the captivity narrative, a journal-like record of the ordeals endured by American settlers who were captured by Indians, Samyn explores a more modern meaning of lost and found, captive and free.

3 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is a wonderful and inspiring book, from Mary Ann Samyn!, September 19, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: CAPTIVITY NARRATIVE (OSU JOURNAL AWARD POETRY) (Hardcover)

Wow! What a great book. I have also read "Rooms By the Sea" (you should read it!) by Mary Ann Samyn. I hope that everyone will love it as much as I did!!! (: