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The poem is you : 60 contemporary American poems and how to read them / Stephen Burt.

The poem is you : 60 contemporary American poems and ho...

The poem is you : 60 contemporary American poems and how to read them / Stephen Burt.

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The poem is you : 60 contemporary American poems and how to read them / Stephen Burt.

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Full title

The poem is you : 60 contemporary American poems and how to read them / Stephen Burt.

Publisher

Cambridge, Massachusetts : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2016.

Call Numbers

G 2017/3595

Record Identifier

74VKVXp8xQQd

MMS ID

991024114117602626

Language

English

Physical Description

Physical content

vii, 419 pages ; 25 cm

Content type

text

Media type

unmediated

Carrier type

volume

Contents

Paradoxes and oxymorons / John Ashbery (1981) -- tito madera smith / Tato Laviera The Ride / Richard Wilbur (1982) -- my dream about the second coming / Lucille Clifton (1982 / 1987) -- Possession / Carla Harryman Songs & sonnets / John Hollander (1983) -- More music / Carl Dennis (1984 / 1985) -- S...

A song that we still sing / Carter Revard (2001) -- Epigraph / Allan Peterson Our nature / Rae Armantrout Race / Elizabeth Alexander A / ppeal A / pple A / dam A / dream / Liz Waldner (2002) -- >>>>>>>> PLEASE FORWARD &>>> / kari edwards (2003) -- Tonight / Agha Shahid Ali (1996 / 2003) -- [when he...

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Publisher

Cambridge, Massachusetts : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2016.

Date Published

2016.

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Scope and Contents

Summary

Contemporary American poetry has plenty to offer new readers, and plenty more for those who already follow it. Yet its difficulty--and sheer variety--leaves many readers puzzled or overwhelmed. The critic, scholar, and poet Stephen Burt sets out to help. Beginning in the early 1980s, where critical consensus ends, Burt canvasses American poetry of...

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Full title

The poem is you : 60 contemporary American poems and how to read them / Stephen Burt.

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Notes

General note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 371-396) and index.

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Date Copyright

©2016

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Primary Identifiers

Call Numbers

G 2017/3595

Record Identifier

74VKVXp8xQQd

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVXp8xQQd

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ISBN

9780674737877

DDC

811/.5409

MMS ID

991024114117602626

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