Eleanor Among the Saints

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ISBN: 9781800173811
Published: 2024
Number of pages: 96
Format: Paperback / softback
Format: 21.6×13.5
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Poetry Book Society Recommendation Spring 2024Highly Commended in the Forward Prizes for Poetry 2020Shortlisted for the Michael Ramsey Prize 2019In her second collection, Mann wrestles with the questions and possibilities raised when trans identity, faith, and the limits of myth and language intersect and are tested. "Eleanor Among the Saints" is a study in the queer joy found in counter-factuals and fantasy, shaped through the prism of the disputed story of Eleanor Rykener, a medieval trans woman, seamstress, and sex worker.

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