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Shortlisted for the T.S. Eliot Prize 2024A Poetry Book Society Spring Recommendation 2024In 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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Publication: 25 Jan 2024, Carcanet Press

ISBN: 9781800173811
Extent: 80 pages

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Eleanor Among the Saints by Rachel Mann

    Shortlisted for the T.S. Eliot Prize 2024A Poetry Book Society Spring Recommendation 2024In her second collection, Mann wrestles with the... Read more

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      Shortlisted for the T.S. Eliot Prize 2024A Poetry Book Society Spring Recommendation 2024In 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.

      Paperback 
      Publication: 25 Jan 2024, Carcanet Press

      ISBN: 9781800173811
      Extent: 80 pages

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