The Gold Cell

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The Gold Cell is a poetry collection by Sharon Olds that explores family, sexuality, and violence through vivid, confessional, and emotionally intense verse.

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The Gold Cell canonical 2

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instanceOf poetry collection ⓘ
author Sharon Olds ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
exploresTheme childhood ⓘ
family ⓘ
marriage ⓘ
memory ⓘ
parent-child relationships ⓘ
sexuality ⓘ
trauma ⓘ
violence ⓘ
genre confessional poetry ⓘ
contemporary poetry ⓘ
hasCreator Sharon Olds ⓘ
hasPoeticVoice first-person speaker ⓘ
hasSubject bodily experience ⓘ
domestic space ⓘ
emotional conflict ⓘ
female experience ⓘ
healing and survival ⓘ
intimate relationships ⓘ
marital intimacy ⓘ
memory of childhood abuse ⓘ
parenthood ⓘ
personal history ⓘ
power dynamics in families ⓘ
psychological trauma ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryCategory American poetry book ⓘ
literaryForm lyric poetry ⓘ
literaryMovement late 20th-century American poetry ⓘ
medium print ⓘ
notableFor depictions of domestic life ⓘ
frank treatment of sexuality ⓘ
portrayal of family violence ⓘ
partOfAuthorCareerPhase early work of Sharon Olds ⓘ
publicationDecade 1980s ⓘ
publisher Alfred A. Knopf ⓘ
styleCharacteristic confessional tone ⓘ
direct address ⓘ
emotional intensity ⓘ
narrative voice ⓘ
vivid imagery ⓘ
targetAudience adult readers ⓘ

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Sharon Olds → notableWork → The Gold Cell ⓘ
The Dead and the Living → followedBy → The Gold Cell ⓘ