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Barbara Charlesworth Gelpi is Professor of English at Stanford University. She has written or edited several books including Dark Passages: The Decadent Consciousness in Victorian Literature (1965), Adrienne Rich's Poetry (1975), and Feminist Theory: A Critique of Ideologies (1982).

Works by Barbara Charlesworth Gelpi

Adrienne Rich's Poetry [Norton Critical Edition] (1975) — Editor — 127 copies
Women and Poverty (1986) 5 copies

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Rich, at first blush, seems like a multifaceted and talented poet...but she becomes tiresome rather quickly. Angst. Angst. Angst. She gives feminism a bad name in her very raw railing about life and the bad hand she was obviously dealt. Very disingenuous. Plath she is not. Without her academic pedigree, and of course hand up, I doubt many of us would have ever heard of her or her poetry.
 
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CNDeCurtis | Apr 2, 2009 |
My older sister gave me this book a long time ago from her collection of books from college. Actually, I might have just appropriated it. Anyway, I know I loved it back in the day, and I should revisit it soon.
 
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Aelione | 1 other review | Jan 31, 2008 |
This is one of the most important books I own. I love every page.
 
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mariamoser | 1 other review | Nov 18, 2007 |

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