Book contents
- The Cambridge Introduction to American Poetry since 1945
- The Cambridge Introduction to American Poetry since 1945
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I American Poetry from 1945 to 1970
- Part II American Poetry from 1970 to 2000
- Chapter 8 A New “Mainstream” Period Style in Poetry of the 1970s and 1980s
- Chapter 9 Language Poetry
- Chapter 10 Feminism and Women’s Poetry from 1970 to 2000
- Chapter 11 Diversity, Identity, and Poetry from 1970 to 2000
- Part III Into the New Millennium American Poetry from 2000 to the Present
- Works Cited
- Index
- Cambridge Introductions to Literature
Chapter 10 - Feminism and Women’s Poetry from 1970 to 2000
from Part II - American Poetry from 1970 to 2000
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 December 2022
- The Cambridge Introduction to American Poetry since 1945
- The Cambridge Introduction to American Poetry since 1945
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I American Poetry from 1945 to 1970
- Part II American Poetry from 1970 to 2000
- Chapter 8 A New “Mainstream” Period Style in Poetry of the 1970s and 1980s
- Chapter 9 Language Poetry
- Chapter 10 Feminism and Women’s Poetry from 1970 to 2000
- Chapter 11 Diversity, Identity, and Poetry from 1970 to 2000
- Part III Into the New Millennium American Poetry from 2000 to the Present
- Works Cited
- Index
- Cambridge Introductions to Literature
Summary
This chapter discusses how contemporary poets are influenced and inspired by the rise of second-wave feminism in the late 1960s and 1970s, which unleashed a broad surge of poetry by women who began to write openly about their lives and to use their work to directly critique sexism and patriarchy. The chapter examines debates and tensions within women’s poetry of the period, including fraught questions about how poetry might best address female experience, gender roles, race and intersectionality, the relation between poetry and politics, and the tension between more mainstream lyric approaches and more avant-garde experimental feminist poetry. The chapter focuses on a range of representative poets, including Adrienne Rich, Audre Lorde, Lucille Clifton, Lorna Dee Cervantes, Marilyn Chin, and Kathleen Fraser.
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- The Cambridge Introduction to American Poetry since 1945 , pp. 160 - 173Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022