Democracy, culture, and the voice of poetry

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The place of poetry in modern democracy is no place, according to conventional wisdom. The poet is a casualty of mass entertainment and prosaic public culture, banished to the artistic sidelines to compose variations on insipid themes for a dwindling audience. Robert Pinsky argues that this gloomy d...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Pinsky, Robert
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©2002.
Series:University Center for Human Values series.
Subjects:
1900-1999
American poetry > 20th century > History and criticism.
Democracy in literature.
Culture in literature.
Poetry.
Poetry as Topic
poetry.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Poetry.
American poetry
Culture in literature
Democracy in literature
Intellectual life
Poetry
Gedichten.
Democratie.
United States > Intellectual life > 20th century.
États-Unis > Vie intellectuelle > 20e siècle.
United States
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Connect to this title online (unlimited users allowed)
Table of Contents:
  • Acknowledgments; I: Culture; II: Vocality; III: Self-Consciousness; IV: Performance; V: Social Presence; VI: Readers; VII: The Narcissistic and the Personal; VIII: Models of Culture; IX: Conclusion; Index of Names.

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