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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... important feminist poem of the twentieth century ; it may be one of the most important and influential twentieth - century poems writ- ten by an American poet . It confirmed Rich's place as a founder of women's studies and feminist ...
... important as a revolution in consciousness and perspective , in the way society sees half its population . To signal this , the poem engages the dimension of incipi- ency , the opening of the new age , more fully in the final stanza ...
... important part of the triad . All three , poetry , politics , and science , are informed by original insights into the world around us . But poets can forge new correspondences and links between poetry , politics , and science : And ...
Contents
Deliberate Detachment and Conscious Craft | 9 |
Eruptions of the Female Psyche | 39 |
New Poetry Enters the World | 71 |
Copyright | |
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