International Journal of
English and Literature

  • Abbreviation: Int. J. English Lit.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 2141-2626
  • DOI: 10.5897/IJEL
  • Start Year: 2010
  • Published Articles: 281

Full Length Research Paper

"Grief for what is human, grief for what is not": An Ecofeminist Insight into the Poetry of Lucille Clifton

Abdel Mohsen Ibrahim Hashim
  • Abdel Mohsen Ibrahim Hashim
  • Department of English, Faculty of Arts, The New Valley, Assiut University, Egypt.
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  •  Received: 08 July 2014
  •  Accepted: 21 August 2014
  •  Published: 31 October 2014

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