Daily Archives for: January 11th, 2018

Black Lamb and Grey Falcon by Rebecca West (1941)

By | On January 11, 2018 | Updated August 1, 2026 | Comments (0)

Black Lamb and Grey Falcon: A Journey Through Yugoslavia by English author Dame Rebecca West (1892 – 1983) was published in 1941 as a two-volume set of more than 1,100 pages and half a million words.

Published both in the United Kingdom and the US., the book presents an exhaustive history of the land and people of the Balkans. Publication coincided with the Nazi invasion of Yugoslavia, and West’s intention was to “show the past side by side with the present it created.”

West researched the book during a six-week journey she made there in 1937 with her then-husband, traveling over much of the terrain of the old borders, including Croatia, Bosnia, Herzegovina, Serbia, and more. Read More→

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The Dream of a Common Language: Poems 1974-1977 by Adrienne Rich

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The Dream of a Common Language: Poems 1974 – 1977 (1978) appeared early on in Adrienne Rich’s (1929 – 2012) long career and solidified her position as a leader who articulated the central ideas of the second wave U.S. feminist movement.

These poems, about and for women, envision an alternative to a patriarchal system in which men control the avenues of power and the definitions of female existence. In this analysis, we’ll discuss how this collection of poems continued to establish the primary concerns of Rich’s life’s work. These included the promotion of: Read More→

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