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Essential Essays
Culture, Politics, and the Art of Poetry
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Ideal for readers interested in feminist thought, social justice, poetry, and political activism, as well as those drawn to profound literary essays exploring identity and culture.
A career-spanning selection of the lucid, courageous and boldly political prose of National Book Award winner Adrienne Rich.
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Demonstrating the lasting brilliance of her voice and her prophetic vision, Essential Essays showcases Adrienne Rich's singular ability to unite the political, personal, and poetical.
The essays selected here by feminist scholar Sandra M. Gilbert range from the 1960s to 2006, emphasizing Rich's lifelong intellectual engagement and fearless prose exploration of feminism, social justice, poetry, race, homosexuality, and identity.
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Praised by the International New York Times for its immersive intelligence and emotional depth, readers are likened to swimming through the vast arteries of a blue whale. The Irish Times highlights Rich's modern and urgent call to question outdated politics, calling these essays truly essential reading.
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ISBN: 9780393355130
Publisher: WW Norton & Co
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 20 August 2019
Country: United States
Imprint: WW Norton & Co
Contributors:
- Edited by Sandra M. Gilbert
Audience: General / adult
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Spine width: 30.0mm
Width: 142.0mm
Height: 211.0mm
Weight: 427g
Pages: 352
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About the Author
Adrienne Rich (1929–2012) was an award-winning poet, influential essayist, radical feminist, and major public intellectual of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. She wrote two dozen volumes of poetry, including the National Book Award–winning Diving into the Wreck, and more than a half-dozen of prose. Sandra M. Gilbert (1936—2024) was a distinguished literary critic and poet. Together with Susan Gubar, she was awarded the Ivan Sandrof Lifetime Achievement Award from the NBCC.
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