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Adrienne Rich

    May 16, 1929 – March 27, 2012

    Adrienne Cecile Rich was an American poet, essayist, and feminist whose early work established her as an elegant, controlled stylist. She underwent a dramatic shift in the 1960s, embracing political and feminist themes and engaging in stylistic experimentation. Her poetry consistently explored women's experiences and aspirations through a feminist lens, often pushing formal boundaries. Rich also published numerous essays on poetry, feminism, motherhood, and lesbianism, leaving a profound impact on both literature and feminist thought.

    Take Back the Night
    The Vintage Book of Contemporary American Poetry
    On Lies, Secrets, and Silence
    The Dream of a Common Language
    Women and Honor
    Of Woman Born
    • Adrienne Rich należy do grona najchętniej czytanych i najważniejszych poetek drugiej połowy XX wieku. W swojej twórczości często skupionej na tematach niesprawiedliwości społecznej i ekonomicznej poszukiwała języka, który by sprawił, że rzeczywistość będzie bardziej rzeczywista: ciche stanie się głośne; ulotne trwałe; wcześniej niedostrzegane istotne. Wiersze Rich iskrzą od zaangażowania i niezgody, żywią się codziennością: domową krzątaniną, pięknem linii brzegowej, kwaśnymi powidłami. Ogłoszone w 1973 roku Zejście do wraku, często uznawane za najdonioślejsze osiągnięcie literackie Rich, jest poetycką ekspedycją do wnętrza konstruktów społecznych, butwiejących głęboko pod powierzchnią historii i polityki, ekonomii i kultury. Jak pisała Margaret Atwood, zbiór wierszy amerykańskiej poetki jest jedną z tych rzadkich książek, które zmuszają do rozstrzygnięcia nie tylko, co się o niej myśli, ale też co myśli się o sobie. To książka, która podejmuje ryzyko i zmusza czytelników do tego samego.

      Zejście do wraku2023
      4.6
    • 21 wierszy miłosnych

      • 60 pages
      • 3 hours of reading

      Wiersze o miłości, której nikt sobie nie wyobrażał, autorki niezwykle dojrzałej, świadomej samej siebie i otaczającego ją świata. Potencjalnie wywrotowy charakter tej poezji tkwi w jej pierwiastku homoerotycznym, ale poetycka wyobraźnia Rich pozwala jej na tworzenie obrazów subtelnych i uniwersalnych. Brak tu nadmiernego ekshibicjonizmu, a najważniejszą cechą tych utworów wydaje się zrozumienie tego, że w drugim człowieku, można odnaleźć siebie. Książka ta, pod wieloma względami prekursorska i bez wątpienia klasyczna, po raz pierwszy w całości ukazuje się w Polsce.

      21 wierszy miłosnych2023
      4.4
    • The Vintage Book of Contemporary American Poetry

      Second Edition

      • 656 pages
      • 23 hours of reading

      Dazzling in its range, exhilarating in its immediacy and grace, a collection that gathers together, from every region of the country and from the past forty years, the poems that continue to shape our imaginations.From Robert Lowell and Elizabeth Bishop, John Ashbery and Adrienne Rich, to Robert Haas and Louise Glück, this anthology takes the full measure of our poetry's daring energies and its tender understandings.Other poets Sylvia PlathJames MerrillAmy clampittJorie GrahamW. S. MerwinCharles SimicAllen GinsbergFrank O'HaraAnne SextonRobert CreeleySharon OldsMary OliverRobert PinskyMark StrandDenise LevertovRichard WilburMay SwensonMichael PalmerMark DotyYusef Komunyakaa

      The Vintage Book of Contemporary American Poetry2003
      4.0
    • Take Back the Night

      Women on Pornography

      • 359 pages
      • 13 hours of reading

      About women and rape.

      Take Back the Night1980
      3.8
    • At issue are the politics of language; the uses of scholarship; and the topics of racism, history, and motherhood among others called forth by Rich as "part of the effort to define a female consciousness which is political, aesthetic, and erotic, and which refuses to be included or contained in the culture of passivity."

      On Lies, Secrets, and Silence1980
      4.0
    • The Dream of a Common Language

      Poems 1974-1977

      • 77 pages
      • 3 hours of reading

      "The Dream of a Common Language explores the contours of a woman's heart and mind in language for everybody--language whose plainness, laughter, questions and nobility everyone can respond to. . . . No one is writing better or more needed verse than this."--Boston Evening Globe

      The Dream of a Common Language1978
      4.3
    • Of Woman Born

      Motherhood as Experience and Institution

      • 320 pages
      • 12 hours of reading

      A blend of memoir and history which investigates women's role as mother. Drawing on anthropology, medicine, psychology, literature and her own experience, the author explores the contradictory pleasures and pains of motherhood.

      Of Woman Born1977
      4.6
    • The Works of Anne Bradstreet

      • 295 pages
      • 11 hours of reading

      Anne Bradstreet, the first true poet in the American colonies, emerged during a time when literary creation was rare, especially for women. Born in England and raised in the household of the Earl of Lincoln, she sailed to Massachusetts Bay in 1630 shortly after marrying Simon Bradstreet at sixteen. Over the next forty years, she navigated the challenges of life in the New England wilderness while raising eight children and producing poetry that established her as a pioneering voice. As noted by Adrienne Rich in her Foreword, Bradstreet was "the first non-didactic American poet," who captured American nature and prioritized personal intention over Puritan dogma in her work. This edition includes all of her extant poetry and prose, with modernized spelling and punctuation, featuring the second edition of Several Poems from 1678 and a manuscript first printed in 1857. Rich's critique highlights the tension surrounding women's intellectual pursuits during this era, reflected in Bradstreet's Prologue. Her early work, The Tenth Muse, showcases her literary breadth, while her later writings reveal a more personal touch, expressing deep emotions for her family and the solace found in nature. Bradstreet's writings, marked by a strong spirit and meditative quality, affirm her status as a poet of enduring significance.

      The Works of Anne Bradstreet1967
      3.7