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'''''Diving into the Wreck: Poems 1971–1972''''' is an [[anthology]] of [[poem]]s written by [[Adrienne Rich]]. Published in 1973, it won the [[National Book Award for Poetry]] in 1974. |
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==Description== |
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''Diving into the Wreck: Poems 1971–1972'' is Rich's seventh book of poetry,<ref>{{cite web|author=Margaret Atwood |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1973/12/30/archives/diving-into-the-wreck-by-adrienne-rich-rich.html |title=Diving Into The Wreck - The New York Times |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=1973-12-30 |accessdate=2020-12-03}}</ref> first published in 1973.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/233437378 |title=Adrienne Rich and the Women's Liberation Movement: A Politics of Reception |date= |accessdate=2020-12-03}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Jane Satterfield |url=https://www.literarymatters.org/1-1-treasures-reclaimed-the-collected-poems-of-adrienne-rich/ |title=Treasures Reclaimed: The Collected Poems of Adrienne Rich |publisher=Literary Matters |date=2016-09-09 |accessdate=2020-12-03}}</ref> It is a collection of exploratory and often angry poems, split the 1974 [[National Book Award for Poetry]] with [[Allen Ginsberg]], ''The Fall of America''.<ref name=nba1974> |
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{{citation|url=https://www.nationalbook.org/awards-prizes/national-book-awards-1974 |title=National Book Awards – 1974 |publisher=National Book Foundation |accessdate=March 11, 2012}}</ref><ref name="Poets.org">{{cite web|title=Poets.org|url=http://www.poets.org/poet.php/prmPID/49|work=Adrienne Rich|access-date=December 12, 2011}}</ref> Rich declined to accept the award individually and was joined by the two other feminist poets nominated—[[Alice Walker]] and [[Audre Lorde]]—to accept it on behalf of all women "whose voices have gone and still go unheard in a patriarchal world."<ref Name="Shuman1276">Shuman (2002) p1276</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=National Book Foundation|url=http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/adrienne-rich|work=National Book Awards Acceptance Speeches|access-date=September 13, 2014}}</ref> |
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==Poems== |
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==="Diving into the Wreck"=== |
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by cowardice or courage |
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the one who find our way |
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back to this scene |
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carrying a knife, a camera |
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a book of myths |
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|source = —From "Diving into the Wreck"<br /> ''Diving into the Wreck: Poems 1971–1972'' (1973)<ref name="legend">{{cite web |url=http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/15228 |title=Diving into the Wreck |publisher=The Academy of American Poets |access-date=March 29, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120329124018/http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/15228 |archive-date=March 29, 2012 |df=mdy-all }}</ref>}} |
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The eponymous metaphorical poem describes a deep-sea diver before and during the exploration of a shipwreck.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.litcharts.com/poetry/adrienne-rich/diving-into-the-wreck|title=LitCharts|website=LitCharts}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://poemanalysis.com/adrienne-rich/diving-into-the-wreck/ |title=Analysis of Diving into the Wreck by Adrienne Rich |publisher=Poem Analysis |date=2020-10-05 |accessdate=2020-12-03}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://medium.com/poetry-politics/lessons-on-writing-and-gender-from-adrienne-richs-poem-diving-into-the-wreck-cdebeeaf1879 |title=What an Adrienne Rich Poem Says About Writing, Creativity and Gender | by Tara Wanda Merrigan | Poetry & Politics |publisher=Medium |date= 22 July 2019|accessdate=2020-12-03}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/arts/educational-magazines/diving-wreck|title=Diving into the Wreck | Encyclopedia.com|website=www.encyclopedia.com}}</ref> |
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==="Rape"=== |
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| ⚫ | "'''Rape'''" is a poem that describes the plight of a woman who has been [[rape]]d, forced to seek justice from a callous and patronizing [[patriarchy|male-dominated]] world. As in many of Rich's poems, "Rape" highlights the struggle of women against [[sexism]] and its sometimes cruel consequences, and can be seen as an effort to call women to action. "Rape" was published in 1973 in ''Diving into the Wreck: Poems 1971-1972''.<ref>{{cite book|last=Vrudny|first=Kimberly|title=She Who Imagines: Feminist Theological Aesthetics|year=2012|publisher=Liturgical Pr|isbn=978-0-8146-8027-8|pages=125–126|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=y5DhNDOS1rYC&q=rape%201973%20poem%20%20%22Adrienne%20Rich%22&pg=PA125|chapter=AIDS, Accountability, and Activism: The Beauty of Sue Williamson's Resistance Art}}</ref> |
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* [http://noteasybeingred.tumblr.com/post/12169326436/rape-by-adrienne-rich Text of |
* [http://noteasybeingred.tumblr.com/post/12169326436/rape-by-adrienne-rich Text of "Rape"] |
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Latest revision as of 21:35, 10 May 2024
Diving into the Wreck: Poems 1971–1972 is an anthology of poems written by Adrienne Rich. Published in 1973, it won the National Book Award for Poetry in 1974.
Description
[edit]Diving into the Wreck: Poems 1971–1972 is Rich's seventh book of poetry,[1] first published in 1973.[2][3] It is a collection of exploratory and often angry poems, split the 1974 National Book Award for Poetry with Allen Ginsberg, The Fall of America.[4][5] Rich declined to accept the award individually and was joined by the two other feminist poets nominated—Alice Walker and Audre Lorde—to accept it on behalf of all women "whose voices have gone and still go unheard in a patriarchal world."[6][7]
Poems
[edit]"Diving into the Wreck"
[edit]We are, I am, you are
by cowardice or courage
the one who find our way
back to this scene
carrying a knife, a camera
a book of myths
in which
our names do not appear.
—From "Diving into the Wreck"
Diving into the Wreck: Poems 1971–1972 (1973)[8]
The eponymous metaphorical poem describes a deep-sea diver before and during the exploration of a shipwreck.[9][10][11][12]
"Rape"
[edit]"Rape" is a poem that describes the plight of a woman who has been raped, forced to seek justice from a callous and patronizing male-dominated world. As in many of Rich's poems, "Rape" highlights the struggle of women against sexism and its sometimes cruel consequences, and can be seen as an effort to call women to action. "Rape" was published in 1973 in Diving into the Wreck: Poems 1971-1972.[13]
References
[edit]- ^ Margaret Atwood (December 30, 1973). "Diving Into The Wreck - The New York Times". The New York Times. Retrieved December 3, 2020.
- ^ "Adrienne Rich and the Women's Liberation Movement: A Politics of Reception". Retrieved December 3, 2020.
- ^ Jane Satterfield (September 9, 2016). "Treasures Reclaimed: The Collected Poems of Adrienne Rich". Literary Matters. Retrieved December 3, 2020.
- ^ National Book Awards – 1974, National Book Foundation, retrieved March 11, 2012
- ^ "Poets.org". Adrienne Rich. Retrieved December 12, 2011.
- ^ Shuman (2002) p1276
- ^ "National Book Foundation". National Book Awards Acceptance Speeches. Retrieved September 13, 2014.
- ^ "Diving into the Wreck". The Academy of American Poets. Archived from the original on March 29, 2012. Retrieved March 29, 2012.
- ^ "LitCharts". LitCharts.
- ^ "Analysis of Diving into the Wreck by Adrienne Rich". Poem Analysis. October 5, 2020. Retrieved December 3, 2020.
- ^ "What an Adrienne Rich Poem Says About Writing, Creativity and Gender | by Tara Wanda Merrigan | Poetry & Politics". Medium. July 22, 2019. Retrieved December 3, 2020.
- ^ "Diving into the Wreck | Encyclopedia.com". www.encyclopedia.com.
- ^ Vrudny, Kimberly (2012). "AIDS, Accountability, and Activism: The Beauty of Sue Williamson's Resistance Art". She Who Imagines: Feminist Theological Aesthetics. Liturgical Pr. pp. 125–126. ISBN 978-0-8146-8027-8.
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