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The power of Adrienne Rich : a biography, Hilary Holladay

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Summary
  • "The first comprehensive biography of Adrienne Rich, feminist and queer icon and internationally revered National Book Award-winning poet"--
  • "Adrienne Rich was the female face of American poetry for decades. Her forceful, uncompromising writing has more than stood the test of time, and the life of the woman behind the words is equally impressive. Motivated by personal revelations, Rich transformed herself from a traditional, Radcliffe-educated lyric poet and married mother of three sons into a path-breaking lesbian-feminist author of prose as well as poetry. In doing so, she emerged as both architect and exemplar of the modern feminist movement, breaking ranks to denounce the male-dominated literary establishment and paving the way for the many queer women of letters to take their places in the cultural mainstream. Drawing on a wealth of unpublished materials, including Rich's correspondence and in-depth interviews with numerous people who knew her, Hilary Holladay digs deep into never-before-accessed sources to portray Rich in full dimension and vivid, human detail."--Publisher's website
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Edition
First edition.
Extent
xvi, 478 pages
Contents
  • Baby genius
  • The patriarch and the woman in the black dress
  • Kingdom of the mind
  • The girl who wrote poems
  • The making of Adrienne Rich
  • Toute la gloire
  • Cleopatra of Oxford
  • The unborn self
  • Bursting with benzedrine and emancipation
  • Pessimistic optimist
  • Like this together
  • What the autumn knew would happen
  • Brilliant, mad, human, and irreplaceable
  • A woman of the 1970s
  • The book of myths
  • In the name of all women
  • I know my power
  • Hyacinths rising like flames
  • My true university
  • Anger and tenderness
  • Words that blew our lives apart
  • Citizen poet
  • I am my art
Isbn
9780385541503
Instance
Label
The power of Adrienne Rich : a biography
Title
The power of Adrienne Rich
Title remainder
a biography
Statement of responsibility
Hilary Holladay
Creator
Author
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
  • "The first comprehensive biography of Adrienne Rich, feminist and queer icon and internationally revered National Book Award-winning poet"--
  • "Adrienne Rich was the female face of American poetry for decades. Her forceful, uncompromising writing has more than stood the test of time, and the life of the woman behind the words is equally impressive. Motivated by personal revelations, Rich transformed herself from a traditional, Radcliffe-educated lyric poet and married mother of three sons into a path-breaking lesbian-feminist author of prose as well as poetry. In doing so, she emerged as both architect and exemplar of the modern feminist movement, breaking ranks to denounce the male-dominated literary establishment and paving the way for the many queer women of letters to take their places in the cultural mainstream. Drawing on a wealth of unpublished materials, including Rich's correspondence and in-depth interviews with numerous people who knew her, Hilary Holladay digs deep into never-before-accessed sources to portray Rich in full dimension and vivid, human detail."--Publisher's website
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Provided by publisher
Biography type
individual biography
Cataloging source
DLC
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Holladay, Hilary
Dewey number
  • 811/.54
  • B
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
index present
LC call number
PS3535.I233
LC item number
Z66 2020
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Rich, Adrienne
  • Poets, American
Label
The power of Adrienne Rich : a biography, Hilary Holladay
Instantiates
Publication
Copyright
Bar code
  • 31223132694853
  • 31223132694846
  • 31223132694820
  • 31223132694838
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Baby genius -- The patriarch and the woman in the black dress -- Kingdom of the mind -- The girl who wrote poems -- The making of Adrienne Rich -- Toute la gloire -- Cleopatra of Oxford -- The unborn self -- Bursting with benzedrine and emancipation -- Pessimistic optimist -- Like this together -- What the autumn knew would happen -- Brilliant, mad, human, and irreplaceable -- A woman of the 1970s -- The book of myths -- In the name of all women -- I know my power -- Hyacinths rising like flames -- My true university -- Anger and tenderness -- Words that blew our lives apart -- Citizen poet -- I am my art
Dimensions
25 cm
Edition
First edition.
Extent
xvi, 478 pages
Isbn
9780385541503
Lccn
2019060247
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations
System control number
(OCoLC)1151477372
Label
The power of Adrienne Rich : a biography, Hilary Holladay
Publication
Copyright
Bar code
  • 31223132694853
  • 31223132694846
  • 31223132694820
  • 31223132694838
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Baby genius -- The patriarch and the woman in the black dress -- Kingdom of the mind -- The girl who wrote poems -- The making of Adrienne Rich -- Toute la gloire -- Cleopatra of Oxford -- The unborn self -- Bursting with benzedrine and emancipation -- Pessimistic optimist -- Like this together -- What the autumn knew would happen -- Brilliant, mad, human, and irreplaceable -- A woman of the 1970s -- The book of myths -- In the name of all women -- I know my power -- Hyacinths rising like flames -- My true university -- Anger and tenderness -- Words that blew our lives apart -- Citizen poet -- I am my art
Dimensions
25 cm
Edition
First edition.
Extent
xvi, 478 pages
Isbn
9780385541503
Lccn
2019060247
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
illustrations
System control number
(OCoLC)1151477372

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