Understanding Rita Dove serves as a critical introduction to the
poetry of the Pulitzer Prize-winning writer who was also the first
African American poet laureate of the United States. Through close
readings of seven poetry collections, Pat Righelato offers detailed
analyses of Rita Dove's thematic concerns and artistic development
while bringing to light the musical sense of form and expression of
history that permeates Dove's work. While underscoring each
collection's distinctive identity, Righelato explores the
continuities that link volume to volume, from the earliest
chapbooks to Dove's most recent collection, ""American Smooth"".
Charting Dove's evolution as a poet, Righelato begins with ""The
Yellow House on the Corner"" to identify motifs of the mythical,
historical, familial, and autobiographical that have become the
writer's artistic capital. Dove brings African American experience
to the mainstream of American poetry in ""Thomas and Beulah"" and
""On the Bus with Rosa Parks"". Righelato positions Dove as a
successor to Robert Lowell in that her preoccupation with family
history is exemplary of American culture. Righelato also argues for
viewing Dove as markedly international. In particular Righelato
illuminates Dove's affinity with the poet Rainer Maria Rilke in a
feminist reading of ""Mother Love"", a volume written in respectful
engagement with his Sonnets to Orpheus.
General
| Imprint: |
University of South Carolina Press
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| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Series: |
Understanding Contemporary British Literature |
| Release date: |
August 2006 |
| First published: |
July 2006 |
| Authors: |
Pat Righelato
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| Series editors: |
Matthew J. Bruccoli
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| Dimensions: |
178 x 127 x 25mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Hardcover
|
| Pages: |
264 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-1-57003-637-8 |
| Categories: |
Books
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| LSN: |
1-57003-637-3 |
| Barcode: |
9781570036378 |
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