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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... Nature has added to her dilemma by making her a creature that her cul- ture assumes must be constantly improved on : nature , the enormous repository of custom and conformity ( S 22 ) , bears the load of traditions that determine the ...
... natural act for her . Then the objective narrator inquires if woman is naturally more sensi- tive , intuitive , or perceptive than man ? Or if Nature has revealed her secrets to woman alone ( S 23 ) ? This is a common assumption of ...
... Nature " ( ARP 304 ) . But the poem does not even necessarily affirm that nature has revealed her innermost secrets ( S 23 ) to women - in other words , that women are more natural than men- it only asks if she has . The answer rests in ...
Contents
Deliberate Detachment and Conscious Craft | 9 |
Eruptions of the Female Psyche | 39 |
New Poetry Enters the World | 71 |
Copyright | |
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