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A proto-feminist work of this type was written after a critique of its author was made under the name Sister Filotea. (-5[2])In a poem that Ezra Pound framed as one of these works, the speaker reminisces (-5[1])on “While my hair was (-5[1])still cut (10[1])straight (10[1])across my forehead.” (10[1]-5[4])That poem styled as one of these works (10[1]-5[2])is (-5[1])Lǐ (10[1])Bái’s (-5[1])“The River (-5[2])Merchant’s (-5[1])Wife.” (-5[1])The story of Abelard and Héloïse (10[2])was first preserved (10[1]-5[1])in these (10[1])works. (10[4]-5[3])A namesake (10[2])Enlightenment-era (10[1]-5[1])“republic” of scholars (10[1])shared (10[1])these works, (10[2])an (10[1])infamous (10[1])“open” (10[2])example (10[1])of which (10[1])was published (10[2])by (-5[1])Émile (10[5])Zola. (10[18]-5[2])These (10[1])works (10[3])are used (10[4])to (-5[1])frame epistolary (10[2])novels. (10[16]-5[1])For (10[3])10 (10[1])points, (10[8]-5[1])many poets (10[2])have written (10[1])the “love” type (10[1])of what (10[2])correspondences? (10[5])■END■ (10[24]0[1])

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