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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... political or political ones poetic , largely those correspondences she herself considers valuable and important naturally . One of her goals here is to prove that poetry has a crucial part to play in the lives of all on the planet ...
... political philos- ophy . Arts of the Possible collects a number of essays on poetry and her politics of literature , her clarifications . Yet another aim of this book is to evaluate this original approach and to accord her poetry the ...
... political counsel and be listened to by ordinary citizens of their countries . In other countries people look to poets to help them make political deci- sions and for leadership in time of war . But in America today , Rich attests ...
Contents
Deliberate Detachment and Conscious Craft | 9 |
Eruptions of the Female Psyche | 39 |
New Poetry Enters the World | 71 |
Copyright | |
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