Us Poetry in the Age of Empire, 1979-2012

"This book considers poems published in the United States since 1979 that directly engage with national and global politics. It shows that some of America's leading poets take it upon themselves to perform the role of public intellectuals. In doing so, these poets raise important questions about poetry and its social value. Examples include Robert Pinsky's An Explanation of America (1979), Adrienne Rich's "An Atlas of the Difficult World" (1991), Amiri Baraka's "Somebody Blew Up America" (2002), as well as books by Juliana Spahr, Ben Lerner, Lisa Jarnot, Mark Nowak, Anne Boyer, and Rodrigo Toscano. US Poetry in the Age of Empire traces the extent to which poetry, viewed as a language-based art form and an affect-producing tool, imparts knowledge about today's rapidly changing world"--

List of contents

Introduction: Civic Poetry, 1979-2012 1. "Beyond My Outrage or My Admiration": Robert Pinsky's An Explanation of America 2. "Nothing Else Left to Read": Adrienne Rich's "An Atlas of the Difficult World" 3. "Who the Biggest Terrorist": Amiri Baraka's "Somebody Blew Up America" 4. Ether: Juliana Spahr, Ben Lerner, Lisa Jarnot 5. Dreams of a Common Language: Mark Nowak, Anne Boyer, Rodrigo Toscano Coda: For Whom Does One Write?

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Product details

• Authors: P Gwiazda, P. Gwiazda, Piotr K. Gwiazda
• Publisher: Palgrave UK
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 26.11.2014
• EAN: 9781137470850
• ISBN: 978-1-137-47085-0
• No. of pages: 203
• Series: Modern and Contemporary Poetry and Poetics; Modern and Contemporary Poetry; Modern and Contemporary Poetry; Modern and Contemporary Poetry and Poetics
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; B, Europe, Cultural Studies, Cultural Theory, European Politics, Political Science, Poetry, Politics & government, Political science & theory, Literary studies: poetry & poets, Literary theory, Culture—Study and teaching, Poetry and Poetics, Europe—Politics and government, Literature, Modern—20th century, Twentieth-Century Literature, Palgrave Literature Collection, Literature—Philosophy, America;poetry;politics;rhetoric