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HERmione is the semi-autobiographical tale of Hilda Doolittle's early twenties. A young, confused woman about to come of age, Hermione Gart is split between her old self and a new, true identity. She is ill-at-ease with her life after returning home from a failed career at Bryn Mawr and a brash relationship with George Lowndes (a thinly-veiled portrait of Ezra Pound). "I am HER, HER, HER," H.D. writes, "Names are in people; people are in names. God is in a word. God is in HER." The depth of Hermione's painful self-reflection is beautifully transcribed in this eerie interior monologue which describes the twists and turns of the H.D. character, her torrid affair with George Lowndes, and the beginnings of her relationship with Fayne Rabb (representing Frances Josepha Gregg). Hermione's relationship with Fayne, the turning point in her life, forces her to gather her fragmented self together into a whole person. Primarily known for her poetry, H.D. has produced a lush, vivid portrayal of the inner psyche, written in an experimental, disjointed style which creates a tapestry of Hermione's deepest feelings. -- For great reviews of books for girls, check out Let's Hear It for the Girls: 375 Great Books for Readers 2-14. -- From 500 Great Books by Women; review by Heather Downey
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A portrait of the artist...,
By Myron Makewater "redcrosseknight" (Laramie) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Hermione (Paperback)
...as a genius. There are a lot of threads to follow in this layered and evocative monster of a novel. Here are a couple to follow. To start with, there's the Shakespeare business. While it's true that this is a "fictionalized" autobiography, it's also clearly a response to themes in The Winter's Tale--think of Hermione "turned to stone," and of hardness of heart. Then there's the psychomachia. When H.D. touches on an idea, she often will elaborate it in action. Hermione thinks about her experiences and her mind as a space full of doors; immediately, we follow her through the doors within her family's house, as if exploring the collective mind of the family and of Hermione herself. There's more, of course. "People make things and things make people." If that's true, then this "thing" called Hermione may change your view of things. The only weakness in the book to my mind is all that Freudian klapptrapp (see, by the way, Nabokov's Pale Fire or Deleuze and Guattari's A Thousand Plateaus.) Enjoy...
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Female Writer Grows Up,
By Rayv "Dann" (Noho, Ma) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Hermione (Paperback)
For those who know her society of partners: Erza Pound, Aldington, DH Lawerence; this book begins with her relationship of the first. Amongst her eccentric family, and bisexual classmate, HD presents a poetic sketch of her coming of age which is contrasted between her erratic hang-ups. Sometime sounding like Stein, other times Kerouac, Hilda plays with earthy metaphors which derives from her early years in the Imagist movement. Nevertheless, there was more to HD than being the Imagist's main figure; what went beyond is in this book.
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Her Gart went round in circles. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
larch boughs, half kissed, university ladies, praying boy, murmuring pines Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
George Lowndes, Fayne Rabb, Carl Gart, Nellie Thorpe, Miss Gart, Bryn Mawr, Jimmie Farrand, Point Pleasant, Greenway Avenue, Hermione Gart, Uncle Sam, Miss Dennon, Bertrand Gart, Miss Stamberg, Miss Hermione, Aunt Lydia, Amy Dennon, Minnie Hurloe, Nurse Dennon, Carl Cart, Hans Andersen, Little Mermaid, The Farrands, Temple Shakespeare, New England Browse Sample Pages:
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George Lowndes, Fayne Rabb, Carl Gart, Nellie Thorpe, Miss Gart, Bryn Mawr, Jimmie Farrand, Point Pleasant, Greenway Avenue, Hermione Gart, Uncle Sam, Miss Dennon, Bertrand Gart, Miss Stamberg, Miss Hermione, Aunt Lydia, Amy Dennon, Minnie Hurloe, Nurse Dennon, Carl Cart, Hans Andersen, Little Mermaid, The Farrands, Temple Shakespeare, New England Browse Sample Pages:
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