City Poems and American Urban Crisis - 1945 to the Present

From William Carlos Williams and Allen Ginsberg to Miguel Algarin and Wanda Coleman, this groundbreaking book explores the ways in which contemporary poets have engaged with America''s changing urban experience since 1945. City Poems and American Urban Crisis brings post-war American poetry into conversation with developments in city planning, activism, and urban theory to demonstrate that taking city poetry seriously as a mode of analysis and critique can enhance our attempts to produce more just and equitable urban futures. Poets covered include: Miguel Algarin, Gwendolyn Brooks, Wanda Coleman, Allen Ginsberg, Lewis MacAdams, Charles Olson, George Oppen, and William Carlos Williams.>

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Daniel Katz, Nate Mickelson, Nate (Stella and Charles Guttman Commun Mickelson, Nate (Stella and Charles Guttman Community College Mickelson, Professor Nate (New York University Mickelson
• Con la collaborazione di: Daniel Katz (Editore)
• Editore: Bloomsbury Academic
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 30.11.2018
• EAN: 9781350055780
• ISBN: 978-1-350-05578-0
• Pagine: 248
• Serie: Bloomsbury Studies in Critical; Bloomsbury Studies in Critical Poetics; Bloomsbury Studies in Critical Poetics; Bloomsbury Studies in Critical
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Letteratura / linguistica inglese; LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry, LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Comparative Literature, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 21st Century, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, Literary studies: poetry & poets, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Literary studies: poetry and poets