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Activist Poetics: Anarchy in the Avon Valley
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Poetry CriticismEnvironmental StudiesGeneral World History
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ISBN10: 1789621704
ISBN13: 9781789621709
Publisher: Liverpool University Press
Published: Apr 16 2020
Pages: 232
Weight: 0.80
Height: 0.60 Width: 6.10 Depth: 9.10
Language: English
ISBN13: 9781789621709
Publisher: Liverpool University Press
Published: Apr 16 2020
Pages: 232
Weight: 0.80
Height: 0.60 Width: 6.10 Depth: 9.10
Language: English
John Kinsella is known internationally as the acclaimed author of more than thirty books of poetry and prose, but in tandem with - and often directly through - his creative and critical work, Kinsella is also a prominent activist. In this important collection of essays the vegan anarchist
pacifist poet claims that poetry can act as a vital form of resistance to a variety of social and ethical ills, in particular ecological damage and abuse. Kinsella builds on his earlier notion of 'linguistic disobedience' evolving out of civil disobedience, and critiques the figurative qualities of
pacifist poet claims that poetry can act as a vital form of resistance to a variety of social and ethical ills, in particular ecological damage and abuse. Kinsella builds on his earlier notion of 'linguistic disobedience' evolving out of civil disobedience, and critiques the figurative qualities of
his poems in a context of resistance. The book includes explorations of anarchism, veganism, pacifism, and ecological poetics. For Kinsella all poetry is political and can be a call to action.
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