Modern and Contemporary Poetry and Poetics: Literary Form and Social Critique in Walcott, Muldoon, de Kok, and Nagra

Hena, Omaar

Poetry's relevancy as a tool for social and political change continues to be overlooked in a global context. Looking to writers as diverse as Derek Walcott, Paul Muldoon, and Daljit Nagra, Hena shows that poets throughout the world have reinvigorated older poetic traditions to address political realities and the sweeping pressures of modernity.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2015-08-06

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9781137502872

DOI: 10.1057/9781137499615

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 197