...back, of seeing with fresh eyes, of entering an old text from a new critical direction — is for us more than a chapter in cultural history; it is an act of survival." My book is for me more than an academic matter, more than an act of literary criticism, more than a...

...eyes." Then, she defines for us our task as writers. She uses the metaphor of sight and fresh sight. Re-vision— the act of looking back, of seeing with...an old text from a new critical direction— is for us more than a chapter in cultural history: it is an act of survival. Until we can understand the assumptions...

...transformation as the "looking back" (re-vision) that revises the images of woman projected for centuries: Re-vision — the act of looking back, of seeing with...old text from a new critical direction — is for us more than a chapter in cultural history: it is an act of survival. Until we can understand the assumptions...

...examine the cultural assumptions that prevent women from having access to their most basic energies: Re-vision — the act of looking back, of seeing with...chapter in cultural history: it is an act of survival. Until we can understand the assumptions in which we are drenched we cannot know ourselves. And this...

...encoded in a new, liberating way moving from the previous feminist critique of 're-vision' (Rich 1971) in the "act of looking back, of seeing with fresh eyes,...entering an old text from a new critical direction," (Rich 1979b:35) toward a world vision encompassing this continuum consisting of a polyphony of women's...

...artistic efforts. For contemporary women, Rich asserts, writing demands "re-vision": Re-vision—the act of looking back, of seeing with fresh eyes, of entering an old text from a new critical direction—is for women more than a chapter in cultural history: it is an act of survival. Until we...

...©Editions Rodopi BV, Amsterdam 1988 Printed in The Netherlands Voor Ton Lemaire Revision — thé act of looking back, of seeing with fresh eyes, of...chapter in cultural history: it is an act of survival. Adrienne Rich TABLE DES MATIERES Introduction 7 Première partie; Problèmes méthodologiques, théoriques...

...think back through our mothers if we are women," Rich defines all writing as a process of re-vision: "Re-vision — the act of looking back, of seeing...old text from a new critical direction — is for us more than a chapter in our cultural history: it is an act of survival. . . . We need to know the...

...Secrets, and Silence, 40. 12. In "When We Dead Awaken: Writing as Re- Vision," Rich defines re-vision as "the act of looking back, of seeing with fresh eyes,...entering an old text from a new critical direction — [re-vision] is for women more than a chapter in cultural history: it is an act of survival" (On...

...feminist criticism, there would be no foundation for mine. AFTERWORD: CRITICAL RE-VISION Josephine Donovan Re-vision -the act of looking back, of seeing with...eyes, of entering an old text from a new critical directionis for us more than a chapter in cultural history: it is an act of survival.1 While in practice...