Books : The Fact of a Doorframe: Poems 1950-2001, New Edition
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by: Adrienne Rich
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 811.54
EAN: 9780393323955
ISBN: 0393323951
Label: W. W. Norton & Company
Manufacturer: W. W. Norton & Company
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 368
Publication Date: 2002-12
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Sales Rank: 94008
Studio: W. W. Norton & Company
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Book Description:
A reissue of the classic Adrienne Rich selection, revised and expanded to cover the entirety of her career, with a new Introduction.
The Fact of a Doorframe is the ideal introduction to Rich's opus, from her formative lyricism in A Change of Word (1951), to the groundbreaking poems of Diving into the Wreck (1973), to the searching voice of Fox (2001).
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Rating:  - Rich's uncompromising passion...
I first posted this under "The School Among the Ruins" but it really belongs here:
In 1988 my ardent feminist girlfriend gave me a copy of "The Fact of a Doorframe" (the 1984 edition) and told me not to speak to her again until I finished reading it. This seemed an odd request, but since I really wanted to speak to her again, I read it. Rich's uncompromising passion not only moved me; it started a process that changed my view of the world and ended up changing my life. I guess you ... Read More
Rating: - America's greatest living poet
I was privileged to hear Rich read some of her poetry back in 1973 while living in Cambridge, Mass. All I remember of that evening is the image of a distinguished-looking, gray-haired woman dressed in black reading serious poetry that did not try to be funny or cute. I guess that may be why, when I went through a difficult divorce seven years ago, I found myself reading from this book late into the night, soaking up the unforgettable images, and somehow using these deep poems as a ladder of sorts ... Read More
Rating: - A Poet of Process
Adrienne Rich is anything but a knee jerk feminist propagandist. She's one of America's most important poets, and this volume charts the first part of her journey. What's most striking about Rich is her refusal to settle into any comfort zone: political, psychological, aesthetic. She is most certainly a poet with a strong public voice, but she uses that voice in a way that challenges all of us who care about the meaning of creativity in a democratic society. The early volumes collected her present ... Read More
Rating:  - She's playing tennis with the net down
Terrible feminist propaganda that trashes any and all men even if they consider themselves to be feminist. No rhyme, no meter except in her really early stuff, which is the only tolerable bit in the entire book.
"A woman in the shape of a monster
a monster in the shape of a woman
the skies are full of them"
need I say more? Elitist garbage that can't hold a candle to Thomas, Poe, Tennyson, Dickinson, Yeats, Plath, Eliot, and you can probably include yourself in this list. ... Read More
Rating: - Lovely, sharp language
I don't read poetry on a regular basis, but I loved this book of work by Adrienne Rich. Every time I page through it I find something new to catch my eye.
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