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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... speaker in a traditional woman's passive role and see her in his mind's eye an ideal keeper of the hearth . The final lines tell of a traditional accustomed female powerlessness , familiar to Auden : these feminine ministrations are the ...
... speaker's relationship with those fighting in Vietnam : in a flash she recognizes that the world is just not working . American soldiers are out there incinerating the crops with a sublimate , yet upon waking today you got out of our ...
... speaker describes their greedy passion for the land and farms , a desire she calls , in section 10 , white with death and righteousness ( YNL 12 ) . Here the word white con- notes the white WASP usurpers , fields white with harvest ...
Contents
Deliberate Detachment and Conscious Craft | 9 |
Eruptions of the Female Psyche | 39 |
New Poetry Enters the World | 71 |
Copyright | |
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