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The Cambridge companion to American poetry and politics since 1900

Morris, Daniel, 1962- editor

Overview

\"The Cambridge Companion to Twentieth Century American Poetry and Politics shows how American poets have addressed political phenomena since 1900. This book helps students, teachers, and general readers make sense of the scope and complexity of the relationships between poetry and politics. Offering detailed case studies, this book discusses the relationships between poetry and social views found in work by well-established authors such as Wallace Stevens, Langston Hughes, and Gwendolyn Brooks, as well as lesser known, but influential figures such as Muriel Rukeyser. This book also emphasizes the crucial role contemporary African-American poets such as Claudia Rankine and leading spoken word poets play in documenting political themes in our current moment. Individual chapters focus on specific political issues - race, institutions, propaganda, incarceration, immigration, environment, war, public monuments, history, technology - in a memorable and teachable way for poetry students and teachers\"-- Provided by publisher.

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Subject: 1900-1999 / American poetry 20th century History and criticism. / Politics and literature United States History 20th century. / Political poetry, American History and criticism. / Politics in literature. / American poetry. / Political poetry, American. / Politics and literature. / United States.
• ISBN: 9781009180023, 1009180029, 9781009180030, 1009180037

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Call Number	Copies	Material	Location
PS310.P6 C36 2023	1	BOOK	AUTOSTORE