A World That Will Hold All the People
"In this thoughtful and provocative collection of essays, Suzanne Gardinier painstakingly and passionately examines the intersection of poetry and politics. Not a miscellany but a cohesive and beautifully crafted book, the six essays (on Pablo Neruda, Muriel Rukeyser, Rainer Maria Rilke, Adrienne Rich, the Iliad, "Poetry and the New Commonwealth," and "In Search of Democracy") are united in their love of language, their unsparing but hopeful social criticism, and their genuine affection for their subjects."
Editor's preface
“All of our nature must be used. It is fatal now to hold back from it. The war that has been over the world was a war made in our imaginations; we saw it coming, and said so; and our imaginations must be strong enough to make a peace. First, to create an idea of that peace, and then to bring it about.”
“For my people standing staring trying to fashion a better way from confusion, from hypocrisy and misunderstanding, trying to fashion a world that will hold all the people...”
Contents
Poetry and the New Commonwealth 1
This Land 1 15
The Door to the Street (Pablo Neruda) 7
This Land 2 223
A World That Will Hold All the People (Muriel Rukeyser) 25
This Land 3 347
Two Cities (The Iliad) 49
This Land 4 461
The Full Dialogue (Rainer Maria Rilke and Adrienne Rich) 63
This Land 5 577
In Search of Democracy 81
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A World That Will Hold All the People: Muriel Rukeyser
Two Cities: On the Iliad
The door to the street: Pablo Neruda
The full dialogue: Rilke & Rich
In Search of Democracy