Barrier of a Common Language: An American Looks at Contemporary British Poetry

by Dana Gioia

Book Overview

The latest offering in the Poets on Poetry series from acclaimed poet, critic, and National Endowment for the Arts' chairman Dana Gioia, Barrier of a Common Language collects essays on British poets and poetry spanning the past two decades.
Gioia ignited a national debate on the relevance of poetry in 1991 when he published an essay in the Atlantic titled "Can Poetry Matter?" The essay was expanded into a book of the same name and went on...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0472065823
• ISBN13: 9780472065820
• Release Date: October 2003
• Publisher: University of Michigan Press
• Length: 108 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.4" x 8.2"