Discoverers of the Not-Known: Louise Bogan, Muriel Rukeyser, Sylvia Plath, May Swenson, and Adrienne Rich

In our culture men have traditionally been presented as the adventurers, the discoverers; all we need do is look at the prototypic adventurer, Ulysses, who sailed the seas and waged battles while Penelope stayed home weaving. What happens, though, when women want to be discoverers? Louise Bogan, Muriel Rukeyser, Sylvia Plath, May Swenson, and Adrienne Rich not only express that wish but break new poetic ground as they turn away from the forms and subject matter of their brother artists and show what it means to be a women as well as an artist. They are, in the words of H.D., "voyagers, discoverers/of the not-known,/the unrecorded."

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

English

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2014

Author dc:creator

• Bridgford, Kim Suzanne

Contributors dc:contributor

• Dickie, Margaret,

• Literature, Modern
• Biography
• Women's Studies
• Literature, American

Identifier

(UMI)AAI8908629

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/69475