Radical Tenderness: Poetry in Times of Catastrophe

by Andrea Brady

Radical Tenderness argues for the importance of poetry in negotiating political and social catastrophes, through a focus on the unusual intimacies of committed writing. How do poets negotiate between the personal and the public, the bedroom and the street, the family and class or communal ties? How does contemporary lyric, with its emphasis on the feelings and perceptions of the individual subject, speak to moments of shared crisis? What can poetry...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1009517333
• ISBN13: 9781009517331
• Release Date: May 2024
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 108 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"