Poetry of witness : the tradition in English, 1500-2001 /

A groundbreaking anthology containing the work of poets who have witnessed war, imprisonment, torture, and slavery. A companion volume to Against Forgetting, Poetry of Witness is the first anthology to reveal a tradition that runs through English-language poetry. The 300 poems collected here were co...

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Other Authors: Forché, Carolyn (Editor), Wu, Duncan (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : W. W. Norton & Company, [2014]
Edition:First Edition.
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Table of Contents:
  • I. The age of tyranny
  • II. The Civil War
  • III. The age of uncertainty
  • IV. Revolutionary upheaval
  • V. Civil War and civil liberties
  • VI. The age of World War.