Acts of Poetry: American Poets' Theater and the Politics of Performance

by Heidi R. Bean

American poets' theater emerged in the postwar period alongside the rich, performance-oriented poetry and theater scenes that proliferated on the makeshift stages of urban coffee houses, shared apartments, and underground theaters, yet its significance has been largely overlooked by critics. Acts of Poetry shines a spotlight on poets' theater's key groups, practitioners, influencers, and inheritors, such as the Poets' Theatre, the Living...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0472131419
• ISBN13: 9780472131419
• Release Date: October 2019
• Publisher: University of Michigan Press
• Length: 270 Pages
• Weight: 1.23 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.1"