American poets in the 21st century: poetics of social engagement
โ Scribed by Claudia Rankine; Rankine, Claudia,Dowdy, Michael
- Publisher
- Wesleyan University Press
- Year
- 2018
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 407 KB
- Series
- American poets in the 21st century series volume 4
- Category
- Fiction
- City
- United States.
- ISBN
- 0819578312
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
โฆ Synopsis
"Emphasizes the ways in which innovative American poets have blended art and activism, focusing on aesthetic experiments and investigations of ethnic, racial, and gender subjectivities. Rather than consider poetry as a thing apart, or as a tool for asserting identity, this volume's poets create spaces, forms, and modes for entering the public sphere, contesting injustices, and reimagining the contemporary"--
โฆ Subjects
United States
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