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Diving into the Wreck

The poem “Diving into the Wreck,” by Adrienne Rich, was published in 1973.  It is part of a poetry collection with that same title.  The poem is about the exploration of a sunken ship to discover why it sank and to retrieve any treasure.  The idea of descent and return is a famous one in Western literature.  Also, this feminist poem describes a woman’s search for inner strength and self-fulfillment.

LINCCWeb online catalog – Search Terms

• Adrienne Rich  (Subject Keywords)
• Diving Into the Wreck (Title Keywords)

Call Numbers for Browsing the Shelves

• PS147 .A39
• PS323.5 .V4
• PS3535 .I233

Circulating Books – A Selected List

• Bloom, Harold (ed.). American Women Poets. 1986.

                     Call Number: PS147 .A39 1986

• Cooper, Jane Roberta (ed.).  Reading Adrienne Rich. 1984.

                      Call Number:  PS3535 .I233 Z87 1984

• Keyes, Claire.  The Aesthetics of Power: The Poetry of Adrienne Rich. 1986.

                      Call Number:  PS3535 .I233 Z73 1986

• Langdell, Cheri. Adrienne Rich: The Moment of Change. 2004.

                      Call Number:  PS3535 .I233 Z75 2004

• Sickels, Amy. Adrienne Rich. 2005.

                      Call Number:  PS3535 .I233 Z88 2005

• Templeton, Alice. The Dream and the Dialogue: Adrienne Rich’s Feminist Poetics.

          1994.

                       Call Number:  PS3535 .I233 Z89 1994

Reference Materials

• Contemporary Literary Criticism – Call Number:  REF PN771 .C59

o   Vol. 3, pgs. 427-429

o   Vol. 6, pg. 459

o   Vol. 11, pgs. 475- 478

o   Vol. 36, pgs. 374, 377

o   Vol. 76, pgs. 210-211

o   Vol. 125, pgs. 319, 332

• Critical Survey of Poetry – Call Number:  REF PN1021 .C7 2003

o   Vol. 6, pg. 3193

• Masterplots II, Poetry Series – Call Number: REF PN1110.5 .M37 2002

o   Vol. 2, pgs. 1059-61

• Poetry Criticism – Call Number: REF PN1010 .P6

o   Vol. 5, pgs. 371, 374, 376, 394-395

Research Databases

To access Valencia’s research databases, open your Atlas account, select ‘Search the Library’, then select ‘Databases A-Z’.

• Academic Search Complete
• Literature Resources from Gale
• Poetry & Short Story Reference Center (EBSCO) 

This Research Guide is designed to help users find information on a particular topic within the Valencia College East Campus Library.  This is by no means a comprehensive list of resources and other resources may be available on this topic.  Please check LINCCWeb, Valencia East’s online catalog, to verify the availability of circulating books within the library.  Feel free to ask a librarian for help if you need further assistance.

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Last Revised November 21, 2021