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

• Autore: Metres Philip <1970->
• Pubblicazione: Iowa City, : University of Iowa Press, c2007
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (297 p.)
• Disciplina: 811
• Soggetto topico: 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
• 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Behind the lines
• ISBN: 1-58729-738-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910819861103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Contemporary North American poetry series.