Private Poets, Worldly Acts: Public & Private History in Contemporary

by Kevin Stein

Book Overview

At a time when poets appear tragically detached from the public for which they write, Kevin Stein persuasively demonstrates in Private Poets, Worldy Acts the way a particular group of diverse poets have manifested their communal concerns. As Choice wrote, "Stein's graceful text is a primer on the relationship of the (American) poetic to the political."

Looking through the lens of the careers of Robert Lowell, James Wright, Frank O'Hara,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0821412825
• ISBN13: 9780821412824
• Release Date: October 1999
• Publisher: Ohio University Press
• Length: 205 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.9"