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1 online resource (xli, 670) |
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Theory of flight (1935) -- U.S.I (1938) -- A turning wind (1939) -- Wake Island (1942) -- Beast in view (1944) -- The green wave (1948) -- Orpheus (1949) -- Elegies (1949) -- Body of waking (1958) -- Waterlily fire (1962) -- The speed of darkness (1968) -- Breaking open (1973) -- The gates (1976) -- Juvenilia -- A new poem |
| Summary |
Muriel Rukeyser held a visionary belief in the human capacity to create social change through language. She earned an international reputation as a powerful voice against enforced silences of all kind, against the violence of war, poverty, and racism. Her eloquent poetry of witness-of the Scottsboro Nine, the Spanish Civil War, the poisoning of the Gauley Bridge laborers-split the darkness covering a shameful world. In addition to the complete texts of her twelve previously published books, this volume also features new poems discovered by the editors; Rukeyser's translations, including the first English translations of Octavio Paz's work; early work by Rukeyser not previously published in book form; and the controversial book-length poem Wake Island. An introduction by the editors traces Rukeyser's life and literary reputation and complements discerning annotations and textual notes to the poems. - Publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 651-654) and indexes |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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| Subject |
Women poets, American.
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American poetry -- 20th century.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- Poetry.
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POETRY -- American -- General.
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American poetry
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Women poets, American
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Kaufman, Janet E., 1964-
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Herzog, Anne F., 1959-
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Levi, Jan Heller
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| ISBN |
9780822980186 |
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0822980185 |
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