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Record Nr.

UNINA9910819861103321

Autore

Metres Philip <1970->

Titolo

Behind the lines : war resistance poetry on the American homefront since 1941 / / Philip Metres

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Iowa City, : University of Iowa Press, c2007

ISBN

1-58729-738-8

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (297 p.)

Collana

Contemporary North American poetry series

Disciplina

811

Soggetti

Protest poetry, American - History and criticism

Anti-war poetry, American - History and criticism

American poetry - 20th century - History and criticism

American poetry - 21st century - History and criticism

War in literature

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-272) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Part I: World War II; Robert Lowell's Refusals; William Stafford's Lost Landmarks; William Everson and the Fine Arts Camp; Part II: Vietnam; Bringing It All Back Home; Denise Levertov's Distant Witness; Part III: The Persian Gulf War; The Gump War; June Jordan's Righteous Certainty; Barrett Watten's Bad History; Part IV: Coda; Proliferations; Notes; Works Cited; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Behind the Lines investigates American war resistance poetry from the Second World War through the Iraq wars. Rather than simply chronicling the genre, Philip Metres argues that this poetry gets to the heart of who is authorized to speak about war and how it can be represented. As such, he explores a largely neglected area of scholarship: the poet's relationship to dissenting political movements and the nation.