A Poetics of Global Solidarity: Modern American Poetry and Social Movements

by Clemens Spahr

Tackling topics such as globalization and political activism, this book traces engaged poetics in 20th century American poetry. Spahr provides a comprehensive view of activist poetry, starting with the Great Depression and the Harlem Renaissance and moving to the Beats and contemporary writers such as Amiri Baraka and Mark Nowak.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1137568305
• ISBN13: 9781137568304
• Release Date: October 2015
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 255 Pages
• Weight: 1.02 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"