Poetry of Witness: The Tradition in English, 1500-2001

by Carolyn Forché

Book Overview

A companion volume to Against Forgetting, Poetry of Witness is the first anthology to reveal a tradition that runs through English-language poetry. The 300 poems collected here were composed at an extreme of human endurance--while their authors awaited execution, endured imprisonment, fought on the battlefield, or labored on the brink of breakdown or death. All bear witness to historical events and the irresistibility of their impact. Alongside...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393340422
• ISBN13: 9780393340426
• Release Date: January 2014
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 672 Pages
• Weight: 2.12 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.1" x 9.1"