The aesthetics of power : the poetry of Adrienne Rich / Claire Keyes.
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TextPublication details: Athens, Ga. ; London : University of Georgia Press, 2008Description: xi, 216 p. : ports. ; 23 cmISBN: 9780820333519 (pbk.) :; 0820333514 (pbk.) :Subject(s): Rich, Adrienne, 1929-2012 -- Criticism and interpretation | Feminism and literature -- United States -- History -- 20th century | Women and literature -- United States -- History -- 20th century | Feminist poetry, American -- History and criticism | Power (Social sciences) in literature | LiteratureDDC classification: 811.5'4 Summary: Surveying Rich's poetry and prose from 1951 to the present, this book traces the development of Adrienne Rich's new understanding of the power of the poet and the power of woman. Sharing Rich's feminist sensibilities, yet at times critical of her more radical positions, Claire Keyes draws a portrait of an artist who was shaped by the complex political and social climate of post-World War Two America. It is a portrait that reveals the creative growth of an artist and the personal growth of a powerful and controversial woman.
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Originally published: 1986.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Surveying Rich's poetry and prose from 1951 to the present, this book traces the development of Adrienne Rich's new understanding of the power of the poet and the power of woman. Sharing Rich's feminist sensibilities, yet at times critical of her more radical positions, Claire Keyes draws a portrait of an artist who was shaped by the complex political and social climate of post-World War Two America. It is a portrait that reveals the creative growth of an artist and the personal growth of a powerful and controversial woman.
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