US Poetry in the Age of Empire, 1979-2012
- ISBN-10
- 1137466278
- ISBN-13
- 9781137466273
- Category
- Literary Criticism
- Pages
- 195
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2014-11-26
- Publisher
- Springer
- Author
- P. Gwiazda
Description
Examining poetry by Robert Pinsky, Adrienne Rich, and Amiri Baraka, among others, this book shows that leading US poets since 1979 have performed the role of public intellectual through their poetic rhetoric. Gwiazda's argument aims to revitalize the role of poetry and its social value within an era of global politics.
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