Contemporary North American poetry series

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Behind the lines

war resistance poetry on the American homefront since 1941
2007
Philip Metres examines anti-war and protest poetry composed by American poets between the mid-twentieth century to the early-twenty-first, discussing pieces by Robert Lowell, William Stafford, Denise Levertov, and others; and describes how the poet relates to dissenting political movements and the nation.
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