The Wellspring
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The Wellspring is a poetry collection by Sharon Olds that explores themes of family, sexuality, and motherhood in her characteristically intimate and emotionally direct style.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Wellspring canonical | 1 |
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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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| followsWork | The Father ⓘ |
| genre | poetry ⓘ |
| hasAuthorialVoice | first person ⓘ |
| hasForm | book ⓘ |
| hasPoet | Sharon Olds ⓘ |
| hasSubject |
aging
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childhood ⓘ domestic life ⓘ erotic love ⓘ memory ⓘ mother–daughter relationships ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm | lyric poetry ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | contemporary American poetry ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | late 20th century literature ⓘ |
| medium | print ⓘ |
| notableFor |
exploration of motherhood
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frank treatment of sexuality ⓘ vivid autobiographical detail ⓘ |
| partOf | Sharon Olds bibliography ⓘ |
| placeOfPublication | New York City ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1996 ⓘ |
| publisher | Alfred A. Knopf ⓘ |
| styleCharacteristic |
confessional
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emotionally direct ⓘ free verse ⓘ intimate ⓘ narrative ⓘ |
| targetAudience | adult readers ⓘ |
| theme |
family
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female experience ⓘ intimacy ⓘ marriage ⓘ motherhood ⓘ parent–child relationships ⓘ sexuality ⓘ the body ⓘ |
| writtenBy | Sharon Olds ⓘ |
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