Walk on the wild side : urban American poetry since 1975 / edited by Nicholas Christopher.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Christopher, Nicholas.

Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

American poetry--20th century--History and criticism.

American poetry.

City and town life in literature.

Cities and towns in literature.

Penn Provenance:

Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)

Physical Description:

xix, 230 pages ; 21 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : C. Scribner's Sons ; Toronto : Maxwell Macmillan Canada ; New York : Maxwell Macmillan International, [1994]

Summary:

"Walk on the Wild Side", the first anthology to plumb the maze of American urban life, gives us the city in all its forms: ethnic, economic, religious, political, sexual, intellectual. Poet and novelist Nicholas Christopher has chosen 115 poems from sixty poets, representing more than twenty cities. These are not just poems "about" cities, or with the city as subject; they filter and radiate the diversity and vitality of today's cities, from the electric night of New York to the sun-blanked sprawl of Los Angeles, from the factories of Pittsburgh to the waterfront of New Orleans. A kinetic mix of new voices and established writers, "Walk on the Wild Side" presents the timeless themes of poetry through the prism of our unique urban experience.

ISBN:

0020427255 :

0684196239

OCLC:

28584279