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The Routledge Introduction to Twentieth- and Twenty-First-Century Canadian Poetry (Paperback)
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The Routledge Introduction to Twentieth- and Twenty-First-Century Canadian Poetry (Paperback)
Series: Routledge Introductions to Canadian Literature
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When asked the question "what is the power of poetry?," writer Ian
Williams said "poetry punctures the surface." Williams'
statement-that poetry matters and that it does something-is at the
heart of this book. Building from this core idea that poetry
perforates the everyday to give greater range to our lives and our
thinking, the practical and pedagogical aim of this book is
twofold: the first aim is to provide students with an introduction
to the key cultural, political, and historical events that inform
twentieth- and twenty-first-century Canadian poetry; and to
familiarize those same readers with poetic movements, trends, and
forms of the same time period. This book addresses the aesthetic
and social contexts of Canadian poetry written in the twentieth and
twenty-first centuries: it models for its readers the critical and
theoretical discourses needed to understand the contexts of
literary production in Canada. Put differently, readers need a
sense of the "where" and "how" of poetic production to help situate
them in the "what" of poetry itself. In addition to offering a
historically contextualized overview of the significant movements,
developments, and poets of this time period, this book also
familiarizes readers with key moments of reflection and rupture,
such as the effects of economic and ecological crisis, global
conflicts, and debates around appropriation of culture. This book
is built on the premise that poetry in Canada does not happen
outside of political, social, and cultural contexts.
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