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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... voice and to record in poetry and prose what is real in our culture and politics . The poetry attempts to survey our public space . Rich is a poet whose work reflects the public voice of America while sur- veying our public space ( D 31 ) ...
... voice , but it is her impersonal immortal voice , the voice of one already dead , of course , since she is a kind of Soviet Christa MacAuliffe : even though I may be sleeping as " I " speak , " I " speak with a universal , collective voice ...
... voice , necessary to the ( unheard ? ) prophet of the republic , stating that a singing voice can be heard as dan- gerous and when it learns to listen it can be heard as desperate ( D 59 ) . Likewise , the voice of a poet opposing the ...
Contents
Deliberate Detachment and Conscious Craft | 9 |
Eruptions of the Female Psyche | 39 |
New Poetry Enters the World | 71 |
Copyright | |
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