Description
A Poetics of Global Solidarity, 1st ed. 2015
Modern American Poetry and Social Movements
Modern and Contemporary Poetry and Poetics Series
Language: English
Publication date: 10-2015
255 p. · 14x21.6 cm · Hardback
255 p. · 14x21.6 cm · Hardback
Description
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Tackling topics such as globalization and political activism, this book traces engaged poetics in 20th century American poetry. Spahr provides a comprehensive view of activist poetry, starting with the Great Depression and the Harlem Renaissance and moving to the Beats and contemporary writers such as Amiri Baraka and Mark Nowak.
Clemens Spahr is a Junior Professor in the Department of English/American Studies at the Mainz University, Germany.
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