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Line break : poetry as social practice : essays / by James Scully.
LIBRA PN1081 .S29 2005 copy 2
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Scully, James.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Political poetry--History and criticism.
- Political poetry.
- Politics and literature.
- Genre:
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Penn Provenance:
- Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copies 1 & 2)
- Physical Description:
- xviii, 169 pages ; 22 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Willimantic, CT : Curbstone Press, [2005]
- Summary:
- Line Break is the major work on poetry as social practice, and a must-read for anyone interested in contemporary criticism or poetry. For many years, James Scully, along with others, quietly radicalized American poetry-in theory and in practice, in how it is lived as well as in how it is written. In eight provocative essays, he argues for artistic and cultural practice that actively opposes structures of power too often reinforced by intellectual activities.
- Contents:
- Foreword / Adrienne Rich
- Remarks on Political Poetry
- In Defense of Ideology
- Demagogy in the Musee
- The Dream of an Apolitical Poetry
- Scratching Surfaces
- Review
- Poetic Freedom and "Cuba"
- Line Break.
- Notes:
- Originally published: Seattle, WA : Bay Press, c1988.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 1931896186
- 9781931896184
- OCLC:
- 57342008
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