Chores : poems / Maggie Burton.
Chores : poems / Maggie Burton.
By
:
Burton, Maggie.
Publication Date
:
2023
Publication Information
:
St. John's, N.L. : Breakwater Books,
Physical Description
:
71 p.
Subject Term
:
Poetry.
Canadian poetry -- 21st century.
Canadian poetry -- Newfoundland and Labrador.
Summary
:
Chores is about families and the domestic work of settler women on the island of Newfoundland. A comedy and a tragedy in equal parts, Chores explores everyday life with all its pleasures and suffering. The simple, indirect, and accessible language of Chores creates vivid, recurring images of food, household objects, body parts, and animals. The poems scrutinize the physical and social details of domestic labour and of the conditions in which women did, and continue to do, the work of sustaining life.
Language
:
English
ISBN
:
9781550819632
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