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    A Study Guide for Marianne Moore's "Marriage"
    A Study Guide for Marianne Moore's "Marriage"
    A Study Guide for Marianne Moore's "Marriage"
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    A Study Guide for Marianne Moore's "Marriage"

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    A Study Guide for Marianne Moore's "Marriage," excerpted from Gale's acclaimed Poetry for Students. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context; suggestions for further reading; and much more. For any literature project, trust Poetry for Students for all of your research needs.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCengage Learning - Gale
    Release dateSep 2, 2016
    ISBN9781535828222
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      A Study Guide for Marianne Moore's "Marriage" - Gale

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      Marriage

      Marianne Moore

      1923

      Introduction

      Marianne Moore's poem Marriage is her longest work. Marriage is an example of modernism, meaning that it breaks with traditional Western poetry in both style and subject matter. Published in 1923, Marriage explores traditional gender roles and the relationships between men and women. In this poem, Moore studies the dynamics of a traditional marriage, as well as its role in culture and society. While this is not an overtly feminist work, in it Moore does argue that the institution of marriage results in a loss of freedom and independence for women, which reflects the patriarchal attitudes and overwhelming pressure to marry that women faced at the time. It is interesting that Marriage is Moore's longest poem because she never married, choosing instead to remain single. The poem is available in The Poems of Marianne Moore, published in 2003 and edited by Grace Schulman.

      Author Biography

      Moore was born in Kirkwood, Missouri, in 1887. She never had a relationship with her father, who had a nervous breakdown before she was born. Moore, her mother, and her brother lived with her grandfather, a Presbyterian minister, in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, until she was seven. After the death of her grandfather, Moore's family stayed with other relatives. Her mother eventually supported the family by teaching. The family remained close. Moore's mother, Mary, and brother, Warner, both had a profound impact on her personal life and her literary career.

      In 1905, Moore began attending Bryn Mawr College. Although she had the desire to write, she did not have the required grades to major in English. The courses she did take, however, influenced her concise writing style. Schulman describes Moore's education in Marianne Moore: The Poetry of Engagement: Moore majored in economics and history, minoring in biology and spending much of her time in biological laboratories. According to a 1960 interview with Donald Hall later published in Charles Tomlinson's Marianne Moore: A Collection of

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