{"id":69,"date":"2018-01-29T02:39:49","date_gmt":"2018-01-29T02:39:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.madelonsprengnether.com\/new\/?page_id=69"},"modified":"2018-06-05T00:53:42","modified_gmt":"2018-06-05T00:53:42","slug":"books","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.madelonsprengnether.com\/new\/books\/","title":{"rendered":"Books"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"69\" class=\"elementor elementor-69 elementor-bc-flex-widget\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b151530 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b151530\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b1acf9f\" data-id=\"b1acf9f\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e7a048a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e7a048a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Books out now from Madelon Sprengnether<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e8b13a3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e8b13a3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Memoir<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d704c5c elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d704c5c\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-04586a7\" data-id=\"04586a7\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0ff5365 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0ff5365\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Great River Road: Memoir and Memory<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-22f5de0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"22f5de0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><!--EndFragment--><\/p><p style=\"font-variant-caps: normal; font-family: 'EB Garamond', serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; color: #494949;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px; color: #363636;\">&#8220;In this sequel to\u00a0<span style=\"font-size: 18px; font-style: italic;\">Crying at the Movies<\/span>\u00a0Sprengnether confronts the moment of recognition when &#8216;solidly middle aged&#8217; moves forward to the uncharted territory of aging and mortality. Wise, intimate, profound, we travel with her along the\u00a0<span style=\"font-size: 18px; font-style: italic;\">Great River Road<\/span>\u00a0as she charts her spiritual autobiography. Through the lens of her daughter&#8217;s wedding, her visit to Tintern Abbey, and her long journey to the place where her father died, we are priveleged to share in her reflections both spiritual and quotidian.&#8221;<\/span><\/p><p style=\"font-variant-caps: normal; font-family: 'EB Garamond', serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; color: #494949;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px; font-style: italic;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px; color: #363636;\">&#8211; Sybil Houlding, faculty, Western New England Institute for Psychoanalysis<\/span><\/span><\/p><p><style type=\"text\/css\">\np.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Cambria; color: #000000; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000}<br \/>p.p2 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Cambria; color: #000000; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000; min-height: 14.0px}<br \/>p.p3 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 288.0px; font: 12.0px Cambria; color: #000000; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000}<br \/>p.p4 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 252.0px; text-indent: 36.0px; font: 12.0px Cambria; color: #000000; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000}<br \/>span.s1 {font-kerning: none}<br \/><\/style><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f1a8a8a\" data-id=\"f1a8a8a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eaee171 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"eaee171\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"424\" height=\"640\" src=\"http:\/\/www.madelonsprengnether.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/FINALGRR-front-cover.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-563\" alt=\"Great River Road\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.madelonsprengnether.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/FINALGRR-front-cover.jpeg 424w, http:\/\/www.madelonsprengnether.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/FINALGRR-front-cover-199x300.jpeg 199w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 424px) 100vw, 424px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eaed92e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"eaed92e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>New Rivers Press, 2015<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c8b349d elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"c8b349d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Great-River-Road-Memoir-Memory\/dp\/0898233127\/ref=sr_1_6?s=books&#038;ie=UTF8&#038;qid=1517501926&#038;sr=1-6&#038;keywords=great+river+road%20\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Order Now<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-538bfb2\" data-id=\"538bfb2\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-872323f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"872323f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Crying at the Movies: A Film Memoir<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c2405b0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c2405b0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><!--EndFragment--><\/p><p>\u201cIn these insightful essays, even the writing itself is cinematic, as Sprengnether\u2019s memories and quick film summaries meld into one another, making it seem as if the author hasn\u2019t just seen many movies, but has actually lived one.\u201d<\/p><p><em>&#8211;\u00a0Publishers Weekly<\/em><\/p><p>\u201cWhat is most interesting is the way the moviegoer, dropping more or less casually into this or that film, finds her emotions surprised, then passionately stirred, by the \u2018entertainment\u2019 on offer.\u201d<\/p><p><em>&#8211; Richard Schickel, Los Angeles Times<\/em><\/p><p style=\"font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-family: 'EB Garamond', serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">\u201cAn amazing book\u2014bold, brilliant, beautifully written.\u201d<\/span><\/p><p style=\"font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-family: 'EB Garamond', serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400;\"><em>&#8211; Carol Gilligan<\/em><\/p><p><style type=\"text\/css\">\np.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Cambria; color: #000000; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000}<br \/>p.p2 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 180.0px; text-indent: 36.0px; font: 12.0px Cambria; color: #000000; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000}<br \/>p.p3 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Cambria; color: #000000; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000; min-height: 14.0px}<br \/>p.p4 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 252.0px; text-indent: 36.0px; font: 12.0px Cambria; color: #000000; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000}<br \/>span.s1 {font-kerning: none}<br \/><\/style><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-084acf2\" data-id=\"084acf2\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f1f3f12 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f1f3f12\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"631\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/www.madelonsprengnether.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/crying-at-the-movies-631x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-652\" alt=\"Crying at the Movies\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.madelonsprengnether.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/crying-at-the-movies-631x1024.jpg 631w, http:\/\/www.madelonsprengnether.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/crying-at-the-movies-185x300.jpg 185w, http:\/\/www.madelonsprengnether.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/crying-at-the-movies-768x1246.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.madelonsprengnether.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/crying-at-the-movies.jpg 1827w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 631px) 100vw, 631px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-92ee14c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"92ee14c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Graywolf Press, 2002<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-495ea6f elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"495ea6f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Crying-at-Movies-Film-Memoir\/dp\/1555973582\/%20%20\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Order Now<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b1dbea2 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b1dbea2\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-da67e5e\" data-id=\"da67e5e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ff6939c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ff6939c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Rivers, Stories, Houses, Dreams<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-09b99e2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"09b99e2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><!--EndFragment--><\/p><p>&#8220;Dear Truesdale,<\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">Jesus, who is Madelon Sprengnether, and where did you find her?\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">What extraordinary writing! I haven\u2019t come across that spark of sensuousness, sensuality and beauty in a <\/span><i style=\"font-size: 18px;\">long <\/i><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">time. Why hasn\u2019t she had pieces in all the major journals? When was the last time we read such sheer sensuality as can be found in Kingdoms of Clay\u201d? <\/span><i style=\"font-size: 18px;\">Lady Chatterly<\/i><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">?\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">This is imagination, genuine craft, heart-rending power. Sappho would have embraced her.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><i style=\"font-size: 18px;\">Rivers, Stories, Houses, Dreams<\/i><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\"> shouldn\u2019t be sold\u2014it should be given to all the writers and power brokers you can think of.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">Need I say how moved I am by the book?&#8221;<\/span><\/p><p><em><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">Best,\u00a0<br \/><\/span><\/em><em><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">Al Poulin<\/span><\/em><\/p><p><style type=\"text\/css\">\np.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Cambria; color: #000000; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000}<br \/>p.p2 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Cambria; color: #000000; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000; min-height: 14.0px}<br \/>p.p3 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 288.0px; font: 12.0px Cambria; color: #000000; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000}<br \/>span.s1 {font-kerning: none}<br \/><\/style><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1c89363\" data-id=\"1c89363\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d8880ff elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d8880ff\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"336\" height=\"499\" src=\"http:\/\/www.madelonsprengnether.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/51t1LdslSLL._SX334_BO1204203200_.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1085\" alt=\"rivers_stories_houses_dreams\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.madelonsprengnether.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/51t1LdslSLL._SX334_BO1204203200_.jpg 336w, http:\/\/www.madelonsprengnether.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/51t1LdslSLL._SX334_BO1204203200_-202x300.jpg 202w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 336px) 100vw, 336px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-051adae elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"051adae\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>New Rivers Press, 1983<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c224772 elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"c224772\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Rivers-Stories-Houses-Dreams-MVP\/dp\/0898230454\/ref=la_B001HQ5KLU_1_4?s=books&#038;ie=UTF8&#038;qid=1517501712&#038;sr=1-4&#038;refinements=p_82%3AB001HQ5KLU%2Cp_n_feature_browse-bin%3A2656022011\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Order Now<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f8f5dea\" data-id=\"f8f5dea\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0ef26f0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"0ef26f0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The House on Via Gombito: Writing by North American Women Abroad<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1b9e1ba elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1b9e1ba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><!--EndFragment--><\/p><p>(Co-edited by Madelon Sprengnether, C.W. Truesdale.)<\/p><p>\u201cThe nearly 50 short pieces of travel writing that comprise this volume display such a wealth of perspectives and explore such a variety of locales that the book is a splendid adventure in itself.\u201d<\/p><p><em>&#8211; Publishers Weekly<\/em><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">\u201cOne of the most stunning books that deals with faraway places has just hit the stands. Minneapolis\u2019 New Rivers Press has just published <\/span><i style=\"font-size: 18px;\">The House on Via Gombito<\/i><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">, a steal of a book of writing by women on their trips around the world and charmingly dedicated to the likes of Martha Gellhorn, Persephone, Mary McCarthy, and, you guessed it, Frances Trollope, Anthony\u2019s poor mom.\u201d<\/span><\/p><p><em><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">&#8211; Dave Wood, <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">Minneapolis Star Tribune<\/span><\/em><\/p><p><style type=\"text\/css\">\np.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Cambria; color: #000000; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000}<br \/>p.p2 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 252.0px; text-indent: 36.0px; font: 12.0px Cambria; color: #000000; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000}<br \/>p.p3 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Cambria; color: #000000; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000; min-height: 14.0px}<br \/>p.p4 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 216.0px; font: 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src=\"http:\/\/www.madelonsprengnether.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/41Am8dnA7L._SX258_BO1204203200_.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-1102\" alt=\"the_house_on_the_via_gombito\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.madelonsprengnether.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/41Am8dnA7L._SX258_BO1204203200_.jpg 260w, http:\/\/www.madelonsprengnether.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/41Am8dnA7L._SX258_BO1204203200_-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 260px) 100vw, 260px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ab60960 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ab60960\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>New Rivers Press, 1991<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e3a5f40 elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"e3a5f40\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/House-Via-Gombito-Writing-American\/dp\/0898231221\/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&#038;ie=UTF8&#038;qid=1517502164&#038;sr=1-1&#038;keywords=The+House+on+Via+Gombito%3A+Writing+by+North+American+Women+Abroad\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Order Now<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9dcc0ac elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9dcc0ac\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-96bdf41\" data-id=\"96bdf41\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3042f8b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3042f8b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Poetry<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-661134b elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"661134b\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-6eeab04\" data-id=\"6eeab04\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3a8c2b6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3a8c2b6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Near Solstice: Prose Poems<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8e43db9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8e43db9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><!--EndFragment--><\/p><p><span style=\"color: #494949; font-family: 'EB Garamond', serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal;\">\u201cIf I only knew where we were going. I\u2019d know how to end.&#8217; writes Madelon Sprengnether in her brilliant new book of prose poems, <em>Near Solstice<\/em>. Perhaps that is true, but it makes us the luckiest of readers that she doesn\u2019t know; that we are allowed to come along for this journey that is at moments harrowing, at moments joyful. A journey that is always approached in the spirit of an imaginative investigation that leaves the reader continually wanting more. What a deep pleasure this book is!\u201d<\/span><\/p><p style=\"font-variant-caps: normal; font-family: 'EB Garamond', serif; font-size: 18px; font-style: normal; color: #494949;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18px; font-style: italic;\">&#8211; Jim Moore, Underground: New and Selected Poems<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f94b34a\" data-id=\"f94b34a\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cd31573 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"cd31573\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"333\" height=\"499\" src=\"http:\/\/www.madelonsprengnether.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/51OgpCBT5mL._SX331_BO1204203200_.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-979\" alt=\"Near Solstice: Prose Poems\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.madelonsprengnether.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/51OgpCBT5mL._SX331_BO1204203200_.jpg 333w, http:\/\/www.madelonsprengnether.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/51OgpCBT5mL._SX331_BO1204203200_-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 333px) 100vw, 333px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2aef7bc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2aef7bc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Holy Cow! Press, 2015<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cf37bce elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"cf37bce\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Near-Solstice-Prose-Madelon-Sprengnether\/dp\/098598189X\/ref=la_B001HQ5KLU_1_3?s=books&#038;ie=UTF8&#038;qid=1517501712&#038;sr=1-3&#038;refinements=p_82%3AB001HQ5KLU%2Cp_n_feature_browse-bin%3A2656022011%20\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Order Now<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-00a1c2d\" data-id=\"00a1c2d\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8dd5395 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8dd5395\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Angel of Duluth: Prose Po<i>ems<\/i><\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-26656ac elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"26656ac\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><!--EndFragment--><\/p><p>\u201c<em>The Angel of Duluth<\/em> is a descent into loss. Sprengnether drives deep into the seasons, from Boston to California to the Great Lakes, arriving at a place where we can see the world\u2019s bruised colors, and our most vulnerable selves, through torn open eyes. A book of subtle beauty.\u201d<\/p><p><style type=\"text\/css\">\np.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Cambria; color: #000000; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000}<br \/>p.p2 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 288.0px; text-indent: 36.0px; font: 12.0px Cambria; color: #000000; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000}<br \/>span.s1 {font-kerning: none}<br \/><\/style><\/p><p><em>&#8211; Dorianne Laux<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-29e067c elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"29e067c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;youtube_url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/watch?v=s5y4M6A_kvs&quot;,&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-video\"><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3bdb4a4\" data-id=\"3bdb4a4\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-404853b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"404853b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"780\" src=\"http:\/\/www.madelonsprengnether.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/angelofduluth.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1234\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.madelonsprengnether.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/angelofduluth.jpg 500w, http:\/\/www.madelonsprengnether.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/angelofduluth-192x300.jpg 192w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f5a9f41 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f5a9f41\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>White Pine Press, 2006<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a6eafe2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"a6eafe2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Angel-Duluth-Marie-Alexander-Poetry\/dp\/1893996484\/ref=la_B001HQ5KLU_1_5?s=books&#038;ie=UTF8&#038;qid=1517501712&#038;sr=1-5&#038;refinements=p_82%3AB001HQ5KLU%2Cp_n_feature_browse-bin%3A2656022011\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Order Now<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-71dda05 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"71dda05\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-80032de\" data-id=\"80032de\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7a88e92 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"7a88e92\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Normal Heart<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4657037 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4657037\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><!--EndFragment--><\/p><p>\u201c<em>The Normal Heart<\/em>\u2026is a collection of poems defining women\u2019s ritualistic and mythological responsibilities. 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They are like visions seen from a wagon train and the persona is a pioneer exploring the spiritual valleys and deserts\u2026.This is an important first book.\u201d\u00a0<\/p><p><em>&#8211; Cary Waterman, Great River Review<\/em><\/p><p><style type=\"text\/css\">\np.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Cambria; color: #000000; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000}<br \/>p.p2 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 180.0px; text-indent: 36.0px; font: 12.0px Cambria; color: #000000; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000}<br \/>p.p3 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Cambria; color: #000000; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000; min-height: 14.0px}<br \/>span.s1 {font-kerning: none}<br \/><\/style><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9f2682e\" data-id=\"9f2682e\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap 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elementor-size-default\">Criticism<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-73c2e4e elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"73c2e4e\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-70ca021\" data-id=\"70ca021\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-58e09f4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"58e09f4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Mourning Freud<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-55fcb32 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"55fcb32\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><!--EndFragment--><\/p><p>&#8220;<em>Mourning Freud<\/em> is an important intervention in discussions of psychoanalysis, literature and feminism. The product of a quarter-century of careful and deep thought by a prominent literary and academic figure, it delivers a set of beautifully written analyses of the relationship between psychoanalysis and social issues, mediated through the motif of mourning. In this book, Madelon Sprengnether offers a delicate and immersive experience of rethinking Freudian and post-Freudian theories of intimacy and loss.&#8221;<\/p><p><em>&#8211; Stephen Frosh, Professor of Psychosocial Studies, Birkbeck, University of London, UK<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5fff1cc\" data-id=\"5fff1cc\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6a628cb elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6a628cb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"414\" height=\"640\" src=\"http:\/\/www.madelonsprengnether.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Freudcover2017.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-675\" alt=\"Mourning Freud Cover\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.madelonsprengnether.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Freudcover2017.jpg 414w, http:\/\/www.madelonsprengnether.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Freudcover2017-194x300.jpg 194w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 414px) 100vw, 414px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0984cff elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0984cff\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Bloomsbury Press, 2018<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f52ea17 elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"f52ea17\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Mourning-Psychoanalytic-Horizons-Madelon-Sprengnether\/dp\/1501327992\/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&#038;ie=UTF8&#038;qid=1517501970&#038;sr=1-1&#038;keywords=mourning+freud%20\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Order Now<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-af22278\" data-id=\"af22278\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-40725ef elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"40725ef\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Spectral Mother: Freud, Feminism and Psychoanalysis<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f10a964 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f10a964\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><!--EndFragment--><\/p><p>\u201cIn her impressive book, which deserves wide recognition, Sprengnether\u2026links Freud\u2019s attitudes [toward the mother] to his own ambivalent relationship with his cold and strong-willed mother\u2026.His denial of the mother\u2019s crucial importance in early development, Sprengnether argues, is reflected in his case studies, in which mothers become simply supernumeraries in the psychodramas he describes\u2026.Sprengnether\u2019s cool and detached case has power because it is based on a very close study of Freud\u2019s texts, and shrewd insight into his actual behavior.\u201d<\/p><p><em>&#8211; Phyllis Grosskurth, New York Review of Books<\/em><\/p><p><style type=\"text\/css\">\np.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Cambria; color: #000000; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000}<br \/>\np.p2 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Cambria; color: #000000; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000; min-height: 14.0px}<br \/>\np.p3 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 144.0px; font: 12.0px Cambria; color: #000000; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000}<br \/>\nspan.s1 {font-kerning: none}<br \/>\n<\/style><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5c8e8af\" data-id=\"5c8e8af\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f984f23 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f984f23\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"330\" height=\"499\" src=\"http:\/\/www.madelonsprengnether.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/51I9sn8kmcL._SX328_BO1204203200_.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1095\" alt=\"the_spectral_mother\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.madelonsprengnether.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/51I9sn8kmcL._SX328_BO1204203200_.jpg 330w, http:\/\/www.madelonsprengnether.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/51I9sn8kmcL._SX328_BO1204203200_-198x300.jpg 198w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 330px) 100vw, 330px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d261b88 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d261b88\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Cornell University Press, 1990<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6f316b0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"6f316b0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Spectral-Mother-Freud-Feminism-Psychoanalysis\/dp\/080149611X\/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Order Now<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a5fee88 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a5fee88\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e788863\" data-id=\"e788863\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2b4832f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2b4832f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Shakespearean Tragedy and Gender <\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-55a234a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"55a234a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><!--EndFragment--><\/p><p>(Co-edited by Shirley Nelson Garner, and Madelon Sprengnether.)<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f3d78fa elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f3d78fa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u201cShirley Nelson Garner and Madelon Sprengnether have long been prominent in the generation of feminist Shakespeareans who challenged their New Critical teachers, and the introduction of their anthology offers an explicit critique of A.C. Bradley and Maynard Mack, whose apparently \u2018universal\u2019 liberal humanist readings are said to rest on unrecognized masculinist assumptions.\u201d<br \/><em><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">&#8211; Sara van den Berg, <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">Signs<\/span><\/em><\/p><p>\u201cHighly recommended.\u201d<br \/><em>&#8211; Choice<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b5dfa92\" data-id=\"b5dfa92\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-802a64b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"802a64b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"333\" height=\"499\" src=\"http:\/\/www.madelonsprengnether.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/51Y-4hLPeAL._SX331_BO1204203200_.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1097\" alt=\"shakespearean_tragedy_and_gender\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.madelonsprengnether.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/51Y-4hLPeAL._SX331_BO1204203200_.jpg 333w, http:\/\/www.madelonsprengnether.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/51Y-4hLPeAL._SX331_BO1204203200_-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 333px) 100vw, 333px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-26f5594 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"26f5594\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Indiana University Press, 1996<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0a40fad elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"0a40fad\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Shakespearean-Tragedy-Shirley-Madelon-Sprengnether\/dp\/0253210275\/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&#038;ie=UTF8&#038;qid=1517502128&#038;sr=1-1&#038;keywords=Shakespearean+Tragedy+and+Gender%20\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Order Now<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-53bc575\" data-id=\"53bc575\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6f90e0c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"6f90e0c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Revising the Word and the World: Essays in Feminist Literary Criticism<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a04082e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a04082e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><!--EndFragment--><\/p><p>(Co-edited by V\u00e8v\u00e8 A. Clark, Ruth-Ellen Boetcher Joeres, and Madelon Sprengnether.)<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7a1b133 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7a1b133\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u201cThree powerful interviews with writers of different nationalities, Audre Lorde, Simone de Beauoir, and Carmen Naranjo, introduce topics echoed in the essays that follow: the interplay between women\u2019s writing and feminist theory, the politics of witing, and the roles of race, class, and sexual orientation in artistic production. The theoretical perspectives advanced in this anthology provide models for reading the expressions of women worldwide including oratory and performance as well as literature in the more conventional sense. For scholars, critics, and students, this volume examines some of today\u2019s most prominent areas of concern for feminist literary criticism.\u201d<\/p><p><em>&#8211; Back cover\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5a654c2\" data-id=\"5a654c2\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-87b7aa9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"87b7aa9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"263\" height=\"400\" src=\"http:\/\/www.madelonsprengnether.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/9780226400648.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1098\" alt=\"revising_the_word_and_the_world\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.madelonsprengnether.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/9780226400648.jpg 263w, http:\/\/www.madelonsprengnether.com\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/9780226400648-197x300.jpg 197w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 263px) 100vw, 263px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d6468cc elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d6468cc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Chicago University Press, 1993<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-673206a elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"673206a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Revising-Word-World-Feminist-Criticism\/dp\/0226400638\/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&#038;ie=UTF8&#038;qid=1517502068&#038;sr=1-1&#038;keywords=Revising+the+Word+and+the+World%3A+Essays+in+Feminist+Literary+Criticism.\" target=\"_blank\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Order Now<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1e0033b elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1e0033b\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-25 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a410224\" data-id=\"a410224\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-647338b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"647338b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The (M)other Tongue: Essays in Feminist Psychoanalytic Interpretation<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-856b5f8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"856b5f8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><!--EndFragment--><\/p><p>(Co-edited by Shirley Nelson Garner, Claire Kahane, and Madelon Sprengnether.)<\/p><p>\u201cFeminists have good reasons for being offended by Freud.\u00a0<span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">It is, however, in Freud\u2019s basic conception of gender development and what he was unable to see about feminine sexuality and identity that makes him important to feminists. Using his own theories of the unconscious and what he denies for female development in the oedipal orientation, feminists can redirect analysis from \u2018father-based\u2019 to \u2018mother-based\u2019 gender development in terms of the importance of the role of the mother, focusing on the conflicts in identity with and separation from her for the male and female. Redirecting the focus becomes a valid basis for refuting the phallic structure of society that Freud\u2019s theories go so far to reinforce.\u201d<\/span><\/p><p><em><span style=\"font-size: 18px;\">&#8211; Laurie E. 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