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Dancing at the Devil's Party Essays on Poetry, Politics, and the Erotic

ISBN-10: 047206696X

ISBN-13: 9780472066964

Edition: 2000

Authors: Alicia Suskin Ostriker, Alicia Suskin Ostriker

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Description:

The opening essay of this collection defines the difference between poetry and propaganda. Succeeding essays explore the meaning of politics, love and the spiritual life in the works of a number of leading poets.

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Book details

List price: $20.95
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Publication date: 1/13/2000
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 136
Size: 5.25" wide x 8.00" long x 0.60" tall
Weight: 0.330



Preface


Dancing at the Devil's Party: Some Notes on Politics and Poetry


Loving Walt Whitman and the Problem of America


I Am (Not) This: Erotic Discourse in Elizabeth Bishop and Sharon Olds


Making the Connection: The Nature Poetry of Maxine Kumin


Kin and Kin: The Poetry of Lucille Clifton


"Howl" Revisited: The Poet as Jew


Afterword