The First Generation; Chapter 1 In Dialogue with Dominant Aesthetics: H.D. and Zora Neale Hurston; contextII The Second Generation; Chapter 2 In Search of “Part Two”: Gwendolyn Brooks and Sylvia Plath; Chapter 3 Figuring and Re-Figuring the Colonizer's Aesthetics: Louise Glück and Toni Morrison; conclusion Conclusion;