03009nam 2200649 a 450 991045387010332120200520144314.01-58729-738-8(CKB)1000000000575963(EBL)843108(OCoLC)607669182(SSID)ssj0000110066(PQKBManifestationID)11140146(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000110066(PQKBWorkID)10065044(PQKB)10163173(MiAaPQ)EBC843108(MdBmJHUP)muse2949(Au-PeEL)EBL843108(CaPaEBR)ebr10354497(EXLCZ)99100000000057596320061005d2007 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrBehind the lines[electronic resource] war resistance poetry on the American homefront since 1941 /Philip MetresIowa City University of Iowa Pressc20071 online resource (297 p.)Contemporary North American poetry seriesDescription based upon print version of record.0-87745-998-3 Includes bibliographical references (p. 255-272) and index.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; IndexBehind 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.Contemporary North American poetry series.Protest poetry, AmericanHistory and criticismAnti-war poetry, AmericanHistory and criticismAmerican poetry20th centuryHistory and criticismAmerican poetry21st centuryHistory and criticismWar in literatureElectronic books.Protest poetry, AmericanHistory and criticism.Anti-war poetry, AmericanHistory and criticism.American poetryHistory and criticism.American poetryHistory and criticism.War in literature.811Metres Philip1970-981449MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910453870103321Behind the lines2240123UNINA