Adrienne Rich: The Moment of ChangeBloomsbury Academic, 2004 M05 30 - 296 pages Although best known as a poet, Adrienne Rich is a versatile critic and a gifted writer of nonfiction and critical theory. Writing in the oracular tradition of Whitman and Dickinson, she affirms the will to change as an enduring commitment in her life and poetry.One of America's most outspoken literary figures, her courage in speaking out against injustice in the United States and worldwide has earned her the kind of international political following few American poets enjoy. This book is a much-needed comprehensive study of her life and career. It covers the full progression of her poetry from the beginning through her most recent work. In doing so, it clarifies her entire poetic output and illuminates her concepts of nation, the female body, power, and women's sexuality. |
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... asks , How is what we see changed by the act of see- ing ? This question is still vigorously debated by contemporary physicists , astronomers , philosophers - and poets . She has been standing all her life , confronting celestial ...
... asks whether one could define a Jew in solitude [ YNL 79 ] . ) " Sources " is the poet / daughter's passage through ... ask readers to consider their affiliations - ethnic , religious , sexual - seriously : In these poems I have been ...
... asks others to follow Hansberry's example and question gov- ernmental decisions : In a similar spirit , many of us today might wish to hold government accountable , challenge the agendas of private power and wealth that have displaced ...
Contents
Deliberate Detachment and Conscious Craft | 9 |
Eruptions of the Female Psyche | 39 |
New Poetry Enters the World | 71 |
Copyright | |
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