Description: Modern American women poets are among the most considerably literary figures in the tradition of modern American poetry, from Emily Dickinson to Sylvia Plath or Adrienne Rich. Examines contemporary American women poets as a part of that tradition as well as in relation to the social and intellectual milieu in which they write. Also examines the question of the feminine sensibility in relation to the tradition. Covers Muriel Rukeyser, Gwendolyn Brooks, Denise Levertov, Anne Sexton, Adrienne Rich, and Nikki Giovanni.