On A Grey Thread Large Print Edition - Elsa Gidlow - Paperback - en Book

Large Print Edition. On A Grey Thread Is The Groundbreaking Poetry Collection Of Elsa Gidlow; The First In North American History To Openly Express Lesbian Desire.both Personal And Political, Gidlows Poems Express The Poets Complex Feelings As A Young Woman Whose Political Ideology And Sexual Identity Ran Counter To The Traditional Values Of Her Time.opening Her Collection With The Grey Thread; Gidlow Expresses Herself With Ornamental Imagery, Decorating Her Drab Existence With The Colorful Beads Of Her Personal Identity. Employing The Double Meaning Of Gay, Offering A Brief Erotic Moan; On The Precipice Of Enjambment, Gidlow Stretches Her Stanza To Its Sinful Conclusion, Recalling Eve's Temptation In The Garden Of Eden.this Edition Of Elsa Gidlow's On A Grey Thread Is A Classic Work Of Lesbian Literature Reimagined For Modern Readers.