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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... Creating a new female subjectivity in poetry is linked with Rich's concept of a redeemed future for all women — and all people ... create alone , to imagine freely whatever one wishes or to turn anything into its opposite or to find new ...
... create her own version of Charles Olson's projective verse ; however , in The Diamond Cutters , her aesthetic credo ... created . This poem is about craft , likening the poet's art to the diamond cutter's . The qualities of precision ...
... creates noncompetitively , unself - consciously , gently , sensuously , displaying no desire for mastery , only concern for the ceaseless , many - lived ways in which she discovers herself ( DC 77 ) . This is the new feminist artist who ...
Contents
Deliberate Detachment and Conscious Craft | 9 |
Eruptions of the Female Psyche | 39 |
New Poetry Enters the World | 71 |
Copyright | |
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