Barrier of a Common Language: An American Looks at Contemporary British Poetry

(Part of the Poets on Poetry Series)

by Dana Gioia

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The latest offering in the Poets on Poetry series from acclaimed poet, critic, and National Endowment for the Arts' chairman Dana Gioia, Barrier of a Common Language collects essays on British poets and poetry spanning the past two decades.
Gioia ignited a national debate on the relevance of poetry in 1991 when he published an essay in the Atlantic titled "Can Poetry Matter?" The essay was expanded into a book of the same name and went on...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0472065823

ISBN13:9780472065820

Release Date:October 2003

Publisher:University of Michigan Press

Length:108 Pages

Weight:0.35 lbs.

Dimensions:0.3" x 5.4" x 8.2"

Related Subjects

American Literature Classics Criticism & Theory Education & Reference English Literature History & Criticism Literary Criticism Literary Criticism & Collections Literature Literature & Fiction Modern (16th-21st Centuries) Poetry

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