The essay “When We Dead Awaken: Writing as Re-Vision”, by Adrienne Rich goes back to the 50ies, in a very difficult period for women and female writers, clearly dominated by men. At that time women had a very traditional role: that of a wife, mother and muse for male engaged with domestic activities. Rich can be considered a pioneer, because she was of those women who managed to be a wife, mother and writer successfully. However, Adrienne Rich herself struggled to find her identity and free her imagination…
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