"A different sense of power" : problems of community in late-twentieth-century U.S. poetry /
"This study analyzes the work of social poets who hail from diverse racial and ethnic backgrounds and geographical locations in the United States. These figures, who emerged as poets in the last two decades, utilize a diversity of aesthetic strategies to address issues of in/visibility, the era...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Madison [N.J.] : London ; Canbury, NJ :
Fairleigh Dickinson University Press ; Associated University Presses,
c2001.
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| Summary: | "This study analyzes the work of social poets who hail from diverse racial and ethnic backgrounds and geographical locations in the United States. These figures, who emerged as poets in the last two decades, utilize a diversity of aesthetic strategies to address issues of in/visibility, the erasure and reconstruction of history, and issues of inclusivity and exclusivity in formations of community. Issues of community raised involve race/ethnicity, gender, class, and sexual preference."--Jacket. |
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| Physical Description: | 239 p. ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 222-231) and index. |
| ISBN: | 083863897X (alk. paper) |