The Poem Is You: 60 Contemporary American Poems And How To Read Them

The variety of contemporary American poetry leaves many readers overwhelmed. Critic, scholar, and poet Stephanie Burt sets out to help. Beginning in the early 1980s, where critical consensus ends, she presents 60 poems, each with an original essay explaining how the poem works, why it matters, and how it speaks to other parts of art and culture.

• | By (Author): Stephanie Burt
• | Publisher: Harvard University Press
• | Publication Date: Sep 29, 2016
• | Country of Publication: United States
• | Number of Pages: 432 pages
• | Language: Unknown
• | Binding: Hardback
• | ISBN-10: 0674737873
• | ISBN-13: 9780674737877