Evaluations of Us Poetry Since 1950, Volume 2: Mind, Nation, and Power

Horace speaks of poetry delighting and instructing. While Evaluations of US Poetry since 1950, Volume 1 explores the pleasures of poetry--its language, forms, and musicality--volume 2 focuses on the public dimensions. In this volume, Von Hallberg and Faggen have gathered a diverse selection of poets to explore questions such as: How does poetry instruct a society with a highly evolved knowledge industry? Do poems bear a relation to the disciplined...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0826363156
• ISBN13: 9780826363152
• Release Date: December 2021
• Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.24 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"