Barbara Wiedemann
Barbara Wiedemann (born October 30, 1945) is an American poet. She has published four books of poetry, besides a number of poems in literary journals. She is the author of one monograph and co-editor of two critical studies.
Barbara Wiedemann
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- Barbara Wiedemann
- Born
- 30 October 1945
- Birthplace
- Somerville, New Jersey
- Nationality
- United States
- Occupation
- poet · writer · literary scholar
- Education
- University of South Florida
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Barbara Wiedemann (born October 30, 1945) is an American poet. She has published four books of poetry, besides a number of poems in literary journals. She is the author of one monograph and co-editor of two critical studies.
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Barbara Wiedemann (born 1945) is an American literary scholar, poet and writer. The literary scholar was born in Somerville. Barbara Wiedemann studied at University of South Florida.
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Biography
She was formerly a professor of English literature at Auburn University at Montgomery.
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• Name — Barbara Wiedemann • Born — 30 October 1945 • Birthplace — Somerville, New Jersey
Early life
Early life
Barbara Wiedemann was born on October 30, 1945, and grew up in upstate New York. She received her Ph.D. from the University of South Florida.
Poetry
Poetry
Wiedemann has published poems in a number of journals, including Kaleidoscope, Kerf, Poetry Motel, and Acorn. Four of her collections were published by Finishing Line Press: Half-Life of Love (2008), Sometime in October (2013), Death of a Pope and Other Poems (2012), and Desert Meditations (2018).
Critical studies
Critical studies
Wiedemann has authored a critical study, Josephine Herbst's Short Fiction: A Window to Her Life and Times, on the work of Josephine Herbst, the radical American writer, and is the co-editor of two books, Short Fiction: A Critical Companion and "My Name Was Martha": A Renaissance Woman's Autobiographical Poem. The latter is the first edition of a 1632 autobiographical poem, 110 lines long, by Martha Moulsworth—one of the first such poems in English, which was included in the seventh edition of the Norton Anthology of English Literature. Her essay on Hélène Cixous and Marguerite Duras, "The Search for an Authentic Voice: Hélène Cixous and Marguerite Duras", was reprinted in the collection Marguerite Duras Lives On.
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- 1.AUM English professor's new book chronicles death of pope, life in Italy. August 29, 2013.
- 2.Evans, Bob. Q&A: Author says poets should trust their own voice. Montgomery Advertiser. October 2016.
- 3.Abrams, M. H. Norton Anthology of English Literature. Norton. 1. 1552–55, A–30. 2000. 978-0-393-97566-6.
- 4.Ricouart, Janine. Marguerite Duras Lives On. UP of America. 1998. 978-0-7618-1206-7.
- 5.Latham, Irene. Rev. of Barbara Wiedemann, Half-Life of Love. Alabama Writers' Forum. September 2008.
- 6.Haslem, Lori Schroeder. Rev of "My Name Was Martha": A Renaissance Woman's Autobiographical Poem. Renaissance Quarterly. Oxford University Press. 49. 1. 170–171. Spring 1996. 10.2307/2863301.
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