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Poets beyond the barricade : rhetoric, citizenship, and dissent after 1960 /

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Since the cultural conflicts over the Vietnam War and civil rights protests, poets and poetry have consistently raised questions surrounding public address, social relations, friction between global policies and democratic institutions, and the interpretation of political events and ideas. In Poets...

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Main Author: Smith, Dale, 1967-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, 2012.
Series:Rhetoric, culture, and social critique.
Subjects:
Protest poetry, American > History and criticism.
American poetry > 20th century > History and criticism.
American poetry > 21st century > History and criticism.
Literature and society > United States.
Politics and literature > United States.
War and literature > United States.
Dissenters > United States.
Persuasion (Rhetoric) in literature.
Persuasion (Psychology) in literature.
Poets, American > 20th century > Political and social views.
Literature.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:Since the cultural conflicts over the Vietnam War and civil rights protests, poets and poetry have consistently raised questions surrounding public address, social relations, friction between global policies and democratic institutions, and the interpretation of political events and ideas. In Poets Beyond the Barricade: Rhetoric, Citizenship, and Dissent after 1906, Dale Smith makes meaningful links among rhetoric, literature, and cultural studies, illustrating how poetry and discussions of it shaped public consciousness from the socially volatile era of the 1960s to the War on Terror of tod.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (x, 184 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages [169]-176) and index.
ISBN:9780817385927 (electronic)
0817385924 (electronic)