The Collected Poems of Muriel Rukeyser

by Muriel Rukeyser

Book Overview

Muriel Rukeyser held a visionary belief in the human capacity to create social change through language. She earned an international reputation as a powerful voice against enforced silences of all kind, against the violence of war, poverty, and racism. Her eloquent poetry of witness-of the Scottsboro Nine, the Spanish Civil War, the poisoning of the Gauley Bridge laborers-split the darkness covering a shameful world. In addition to the complete texts...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822959240
• ISBN13: 9780822959243
• Release Date: May 2006
• Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
• Length: 712 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 6.2" x 9.2"