| Activist Poetics by John Kinsella: Anarchy in the Avon Valley Contributor(s): Lucy, Niall (Editor), Kinsella, John (Author) |
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ISBN: 1846314690 ISBN-13: 9781846314698 Publisher: Liverpool University Press OUR PRICE: $148.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: May 2010 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Poetry - Science | Global Warming & Climate Change - History | Modern - 21st Century |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6.44" W x 9.44" (1.25 lbs) 232 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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 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. |