Adrienne Rich: Life and Works (Leaving Cert English): Flashcards
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Adrienne Rich's lifespan
Adrienne Rich's lifespan
1929-2012
Length of Rich's career
Length of Rich's career
Seven decades
Rich's role in feminism
Rich's role in feminism
Central to second-wave feminist movement
Rich's early poetic style described as
Rich's early poetic style described as
'Polite copyist of Yeats and Auden'
University Rich graduated from
University Rich graduated from
Radcliffe University
Award-winning 1951 collection
Award-winning 1951 collection
A Change of World (Yale Younger Poets Award)
1973 National Book Award-winning collection
1973 National Book Award-winning collection
Diving into the Wreck
Rich's partner from 1976
Rich's partner from 1976
Michelle Cliff
What Rich refused in 1997
What Rich refused in 1997
National Medal of Arts from President Clinton
Rich's evolution in outlook
Rich's evolution in outlook
From American optimist to passionate skeptic
Key theme in 'Diving into the Wreck'
Key theme in 'Diving into the Wreck'
Androgyny/transcending gender boundaries
Famous line from 'Diving into the Wreck'
Famous line from 'Diving into the Wreck'
'I am she: I am he'
Identity Rich explored in later works
Identity Rich explored in later works
Jewish heritage