Tackling topics such as globalization and political activism, this book traces engaged poetics in 20th century American poetry. Spahr provides a comprehensive view of activist poetry, starting with the Great Depression and the Harlem Renaissance and moving to the Beats and contemporary writers such as Amiri Baraka and Mark Nowak.

Autorentext
Clemens Spahr is a Junior Professor in the Department of English/American Studies at the Mainz University, Germany.

Inhalt

Introduction 1. "Blazing Signals of a World in Birth": Lyrical Expression and International Solidarity from the Literary Left to the Popular Front 2. Global Harlem: The Internationalism of the Harlem Renaissance 3. Remapping America: The Epic Geography of Post-World War II American Poetry 4. From Cuba to Vietnam: Anti-Imperialist Poetics and Global Solidarity in the Long Sixties 5. Contemporary American Poetry and the Legacy of the Third World 6. Contemporary American Poetry, Literary Tradition, and the Multitude Conclusion