Coppelia, Certain Digressions

By Judith, Skillman and Judith Skillman

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1932339094
• ISBN13: 9781932339093
• Release Date: October 2006
• Publisher: Wordtech Communications Llc
• Length: 88 Pages
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.2" x 6.0"

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Beyond the puppet's passivity

"In Coppelia, Certain Digressions, Judith Skillman explores beyond the puppet's passivity, the careful appearance of the doll, to plumb the machinations and manipulations of womanhood in all its expectations and realities. Throughout these poems, she uses taut language and subliminal imagery to evoke the feminine role in its many forms...mother, daughter, sister, wife...and the relationships to children and spouses as well as, ultimately, the past and the sometimes painful, often mundane path of aging. Beyond simple beauty, in this collection Skillman has crafted a resonant reminder of survival." -- Joannie Kervran Stangeland