ID: 8776  -  Gigliola Sacerdoti Mariani  -  Firenze Type: Text    Babette to Muriel Format: Medium: Letter Extent: 1 p. Identifier: Source: Title: [Babette Deutsch to Muriel Rukeyser] Subtitle: Alternative: Agents: Creator: Deutsch, Babette Role: Name: Created: 1935-06-20 Date: in/on: Language: English Rights: William L. Rukeyser (Davis, California) Relation: IsPartOf Qualifier: Berg Collection, N. Y. Public Library Coverage: Place: Time: Description: Typed letter with handwritten corrections. Subjects: Identity Subjects: Exchanges Subjects: Definitions of Culture Subjects: Wo/Men Subjects: Wo/Men Keywords: poetry Keywords: literary criticism Keywords: Modernism Keywords: Deutsch, Babette Keywords: Rukeyser, Muriel Query Subject+Keyword: (Identity, poetry) Query Subject+Keyword: (Exchanges, literary criticism) Query Subject+Keyword: (Definitions of Culture, Modernism) Query Subject+Keyword: (Wo/Men, Deutsch, Babette) Query Subject+Keyword: (Wo/Men, Rukeyser, Muriel) Comment: While preparing her book entitled This Modern Poetry, that was to be issued in June 1936, by Faber and Faber, Babette Deutsch wrote Muriel Rukeyser two letters. The first, dated June 20, 1935, is to be found here in the attachment. As a matter of fact, Deutsch referred to Rukeyser’s poetry in the following passage of This Modern Poetry (252-3): “Gregory realizes, as sensitive members of his generation must, that a new conflict is in preparation, and that its issue is doubtful. But he does not despair. […]. Nor is he alone in this brave hope. Poets are turning away from the personal problem, the private vision, to a more inclusive if not a more profound theme. […] Not yet bound by any accepted tradition, sharply aware of their misshapen world, they are better able than their seniors to respond vigorously and immediately to the needs of the moment. Muriel Rukeyser, while indebted to Gregory and also to the younger British poets, seems to be developing a strong authentic voice”.