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The Resource Essential essays : culture, politics, and the art of poetry, Adrienne Rich ; edited and with an introduction by Sandra M. Gilbert, (electronic resource)

Essential essays : culture, politics, and the art of poetry, Adrienne Rich ; edited and with an introduction by Sandra M. Gilbert, (electronic resource)

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"A career-spanning selection of the lucid, courageous, and boldly political prose of National Book Award winner Adrienne Rich. Adrienne Rich was an award-winning poet, influential essayist, radical feminist, and a major intellectual voice of her generation. The Essential Essays gathers twenty- five of Rich's most renowned essays into one volume, demonstrating the lasting brilliance of her voice and her prophetic vision. Her thoughts on feminism, poetry, race, homosexuality, and identity are still powerful and relevant today. Discussing everything from her fearless poetic vision to her revolutionary views on social justice, Rich's essays unite the political, personal, and poetical"--
Language
eng
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First edition.
Extent
1 online resource (xx, 411 pages)
Contents
  • The treasures that prevail / Sandra M. Gilbert
  • On lies, secrets, and silence: selected prose 1966-1978
  • When we dead awaken: writing as revision
  • Temptations of a motherless woman: Jane Eyre
  • Vesuvius at home: the power of Emily Dickinson
  • Poetry and experience: statement at a poetry reading
  • Caryatid: a column
  • Of woman born: motherhood as experience and institution
  • Foreword
  • Anger and tenderness
  • Motherhood and daughterhood
  • blood, bread, and poetry: selected prose 1979-1985
  • What does a woman need to know?
  • Compulsory heterosexuality and lesbian experience
  • The eye of the outsider: Elizabeth Bishop's complete poems, 1927-1979
  • Blood, bread, and poetry: the location of the poet
  • What is found there: notebooks on poetry and politics
  • Woman and bird
  • Voices from the air
  • The distance between language and violence
  • Not how to write poetry, but wherefore
  • Rotted names
  • A poet's education
  • Tourism and the promised lands
  • Six meditations in place of a lecture
  • Arts of the possible
  • Muriel Rukeyser: her vision
  • Why I refused the National Medal for the Arts
  • Arts of the possible
  • A Human Eye
  • Permeable membrane
  • Poetry and forgotten future
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9780393355147
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Essential essays : culture, politics, and the art of poetry
Title
Essential essays
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culture, politics, and the art of poetry
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Adrienne Rich ; edited and with an introduction by Sandra M. Gilbert
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Language
eng
Summary
"A career-spanning selection of the lucid, courageous, and boldly political prose of National Book Award winner Adrienne Rich. Adrienne Rich was an award-winning poet, influential essayist, radical feminist, and a major intellectual voice of her generation. The Essential Essays gathers twenty- five of Rich's most renowned essays into one volume, demonstrating the lasting brilliance of her voice and her prophetic vision. Her thoughts on feminism, poetry, race, homosexuality, and identity are still powerful and relevant today. Discussing everything from her fearless poetic vision to her revolutionary views on social justice, Rich's essays unite the political, personal, and poetical"--
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1929-2012
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Rich, Adrienne
Dewey number
811/.54
Index
index present
LC call number
PS3535.I233
LC item number
A6 2018ceb
Literary form
essays
Nature of contents
  • dictionaries
  • bibliography
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Gilbert, Sandra M.
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  • Rich, Adrienne
  • Rich, Adrienne
  • LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Essays
  • LITERARY COLLECTIONS / LGBT
  • LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Women Authors
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Essential essays : culture, politics, and the art of poetry, Adrienne Rich ; edited and with an introduction by Sandra M. Gilbert, (electronic resource)
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unknown
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
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online resource
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rdacarrier
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multicolored
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text
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  • txt
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rdacontent
Contents
The treasures that prevail / Sandra M. Gilbert -- On lies, secrets, and silence: selected prose 1966-1978 -- When we dead awaken: writing as revision -- Temptations of a motherless woman: Jane Eyre -- Vesuvius at home: the power of Emily Dickinson -- Poetry and experience: statement at a poetry reading -- Caryatid: a column -- Of woman born: motherhood as experience and institution -- Foreword -- Anger and tenderness -- Motherhood and daughterhood -- blood, bread, and poetry: selected prose 1979-1985 -- What does a woman need to know? -- Compulsory heterosexuality and lesbian experience -- The eye of the outsider: Elizabeth Bishop's complete poems, 1927-1979 -- Blood, bread, and poetry: the location of the poet -- What is found there: notebooks on poetry and politics -- Woman and bird -- Voices from the air -- The distance between language and violence -- Not how to write poetry, but wherefore -- Rotted names -- A poet's education -- Tourism and the promised lands -- Six meditations in place of a lecture -- Arts of the possible -- Muriel Rukeyser: her vision -- Why I refused the National Medal for the Arts -- Arts of the possible -- A Human Eye -- Permeable membrane -- Poetry and forgotten future
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unknown
Edition
First edition.
Extent
1 online resource (xx, 411 pages)
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unknown
Form of item
online
Isbn
9780393355147
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unknown
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computer
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rdamedia
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  • c
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dd1d6eef-338d-4172-b386-e0369e1ecded
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remote
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(OCoLC)1050332814
Label
Essential essays : culture, politics, and the art of poetry, Adrienne Rich ; edited and with an introduction by Sandra M. Gilbert, (electronic resource)
Link
Publication
Antecedent source
unknown
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
online resource
Carrier category code
  • cr
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
The treasures that prevail / Sandra M. Gilbert -- On lies, secrets, and silence: selected prose 1966-1978 -- When we dead awaken: writing as revision -- Temptations of a motherless woman: Jane Eyre -- Vesuvius at home: the power of Emily Dickinson -- Poetry and experience: statement at a poetry reading -- Caryatid: a column -- Of woman born: motherhood as experience and institution -- Foreword -- Anger and tenderness -- Motherhood and daughterhood -- blood, bread, and poetry: selected prose 1979-1985 -- What does a woman need to know? -- Compulsory heterosexuality and lesbian experience -- The eye of the outsider: Elizabeth Bishop's complete poems, 1927-1979 -- Blood, bread, and poetry: the location of the poet -- What is found there: notebooks on poetry and politics -- Woman and bird -- Voices from the air -- The distance between language and violence -- Not how to write poetry, but wherefore -- Rotted names -- A poet's education -- Tourism and the promised lands -- Six meditations in place of a lecture -- Arts of the possible -- Muriel Rukeyser: her vision -- Why I refused the National Medal for the Arts -- Arts of the possible -- A Human Eye -- Permeable membrane -- Poetry and forgotten future
Dimensions
unknown
Edition
First edition.
Extent
1 online resource (xx, 411 pages)
File format
unknown
Form of item
online
Isbn
9780393355147
Level of compression
unknown
Media category
computer
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • c
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dd1d6eef-338d-4172-b386-e0369e1ecded
Quality assurance targets
not applicable
Reformatting quality
unknown
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unknown sound
Specific material designation
remote
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(OCoLC)1050332814

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