Evaluations of Us Poetry Since 1950, Volume 1: Language, Form, and Music

Over the last sixty years scholars and critics have focused on literary history and interpretation rather than literary value. When value is addressed, the standards are usually political and identitarian. The essays collected in both volumes of Evaluations of US Poetry since 1950 move away from esoteric literary criticism toward a more evaluative and speculative inquiry that will serve as the basis from which poets will be discussed and taught...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 082636313X
• ISBN13: 9780826363138
• Release Date: December 2021
• Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.13 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"