Diving into the Wreck

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"Diving into the Wreck" is a landmark feminist poem and collection by Adrienne Rich that explores themes of gender, power, and self-discovery through the metaphor of an underwater journey into buried histories.

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instanceOf poem ⓘ
poetry collection ⓘ
addresses erasure of women from official narratives ⓘ
revision of dominant myths ⓘ
author Adrienne Rich ⓘ
awarded National Book Award for Poetry ⓘ
awardYear 1974 ⓘ
canonicalStatus key work of late-20th-century American poetry ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
criticalReception widely acclaimed ⓘ
explores process of confronting traumatic histories ⓘ
relationship between language and power ⓘ
firstLine First having read the book of myths ⓘ
form free verse ⓘ
genre confessional poetry ⓘ
feminist poetry ⓘ
includedIn Diving into the Wreck: Poems 1971–1972 ⓘ
influenced contemporary feminist poets ⓘ
feminist literary criticism ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryMovement second-wave feminism ⓘ
metaphor shipwreck as buried histories ⓘ
underwater journey ⓘ
narrativePerspective first-person ⓘ
publicationYear 1973 ⓘ
publisher W. W. Norton & Company ⓘ
setting underwater seascape ⓘ
sharesAwardWith Allen Ginsberg ⓘ
studiedIn American literature courses ⓘ
women’s studies courses ⓘ
symbol book of myths ⓘ
knife ⓘ
ladder ⓘ
mask ⓘ
wrecked ship ⓘ
theme gender ⓘ
identity ⓘ
myth and history ⓘ
patriarchy ⓘ
power ⓘ
reclamation of history ⓘ
self-discovery ⓘ
silencing of women ⓘ
tone meditative ⓘ
politically charged ⓘ

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Adrienne Rich → notableWork → Diving into the Wreck ⓘ
Diving into the Wreck → includedIn → Diving into the Wreck: Poems 1971–1972 ⓘ
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