XIII. (Dedications) (Magill’s Survey of American Literature, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Adrienne Rich
- First Published: 1991
- Type of Work: Poem
- Genres: Poetry
- Subjects: Freedom, Language or languages, Poetry or poets, Reading
Rich boldly proclaims “I know you” to twelve types of readers in “XIII. (Dedications).” She strives to isolate the reader as a way of asserting her intense connection with the authentic readers who approach her work. She is acutely aware that the idyllic poetry readers—the single guy in the coffee shop or group of girls in the basement of the dorm—are not real. She goes even further to imply that even if these readers do exist, they are not the ones to whom she is writing. She does not include in her catalog of readership anyone that would seem typical.
She invades...
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