The Gold Cell
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The Gold Cell is a poetry collection by Sharon Olds that explores family, sexuality, and violence through vivid, confessional, and emotionally intense verse.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Gold Cell canonical | 2 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf | poetry collection ⓘ |
| author | Sharon Olds ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| exploresTheme |
childhood
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family ⓘ marriage ⓘ memory ⓘ parent-child relationships ⓘ sexuality ⓘ trauma ⓘ violence ⓘ |
| genre |
confessional poetry
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contemporary poetry ⓘ |
| hasCreator | Sharon Olds ⓘ |
| hasPoeticVoice | first-person speaker ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
bodily experience
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domestic space ⓘ emotional conflict ⓘ female experience ⓘ healing and survival ⓘ intimate relationships ⓘ marital intimacy ⓘ memory of childhood abuse ⓘ parenthood ⓘ personal history ⓘ power dynamics in families ⓘ psychological trauma ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryCategory | American poetry book ⓘ |
| literaryForm | lyric poetry ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | late 20th-century American poetry ⓘ |
| medium | print ⓘ |
| notableFor |
depictions of domestic life
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frank treatment of sexuality ⓘ portrayal of family violence ⓘ |
| partOfAuthorCareerPhase | early work of Sharon Olds ⓘ |
| publicationDecade | 1980s ⓘ |
| publisher | Alfred A. Knopf ⓘ |
| styleCharacteristic |
confessional tone
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direct address ⓘ emotional intensity ⓘ narrative voice ⓘ vivid imagery ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
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