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Loading... What Will Suffice: Contemporary American Poets on the Art of Poetryby Christopher Buckley (Editor), Christopher Merrill (Editor)
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A poem is a moral and mythic construct. Each decision the writer makes concerning the subject matter, form, diction, and tone reveals something about his or her vision of the world. Nowhere is that vision more on display than in an ars poetica, which is where a poet takes stock, writing down his or her articles of faith. An ars poetica is also a barometer for the cultural climate of one's times, and what the "readings" contained in this book suggest about post-Cold War America is that there are countless ways to interpret and transform our experiences. In the new world order the theater has changed yet again: the rise of ethnic conflict, neofascism, nationalism, and religious fundamentalism; the depletion of the earth's resources and devastation of innumberable ecosystems; continuing economic problems in both the developed and developing parts of the world; overpoplulation, the spread of AIDS and other communicable diseases;--these are dangers everyone faces. And poets are finding, in small ways and large, what will suffice for the next act.--Christopher Merrill No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)811.54080357Literature English (North America) American poetry 20th Century 1945-1999LC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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