Poetry in General : How a Literary Form Became Public

Name: Poetry in General : How a Literary Form Became Public
Brand: Columbia University Press

Columbia University Press

In the second half of the twentieth century, poetry leapt out of books and became an interdisciplinary public form. Poetry entered bureaucratic systems of organization like index card catalogues; it pushed the boundaries of privately owned public parks. Keegan Cook Finberg argues that poetry became an increasingly capacious force during this period because it could speak directly to the degradation of the social-democratic notion of the public.\nPoetry in General explores how poets expanded their practice into the realms of politics, work, and everyday life from 1960 to the present, from the apex of the welfare state to an era of privatization and austerity. It considers a compelling array of figures\u2014including Yoko Ono, George Brecht, Frank O\u2019Hara, Amiri Baraka, Bernadette Mayer, Eleanor\n\nPoetry in General \u2013 How a Literary Form Became Public\nHow a Literary Form Became Public\nFree UK delivery on this item.\n\nThis brand new item is available with free UK delivery us;