Collected Poems: 1950-2012

Adrienne Rich was the singular voice of her generation and one of our most important American poets. She brought discussions of gender, race, and class to the forefront of poetical discourse, pushing formal boundaries and consistently examining both self and society.

This collected volume traces the evolution of her poetry, from her earliest work, which was formally exact and decorous, to her later work, which became increasingly radical in both its free-verse form and feminist and political content. The entire body of her poetry is on display in this vast volume, including the National Book Award-winning Diving Into the Wreck and her prize-winning Atlas of the Difficult World.

The Collected Poems of Adrienne Rich gathers and memorializes all of her boldly political, formally ambitious, thoughtful, and lucid work, the whole of which makes her one of the most prolific and influential poets of our time.

Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 06/21/2016
ISBN: 9780393285116
Pages: 1216
Weight: 3.50lbs
Size: 9.50h x 6.40w x 2.20d

Review Citations: Library Journal 05/15/2016 pg. 82