Radical Visions
Subtitle: Poetry by Vietnam Veterans
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Published: 1994
Place of publication: Athens, Georgia, USA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 363
Copyright date: 1994
Subjects: American poetry -- 20th century -- History and criticism.; Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975 -- Literature and the conflict.; Veterans' writings, American -- History and criticism.; War poetry, American -- History and criticism.; Radicalism in literature.
Description: Although poets have written about warfare since at least the time of Homer, the Vietnam war has struck many observers as being immune to the interpretations of poetry and myth. "Lyric poetry of a traditional kind," writes one critic, "has proved inappropriate to communicate the character of the Vietnam war, its remoteness, its jargonized recapitulations, its seeming imperviousness to aesthetics." Nonetheless, the past two decades have seen an unprecedented outpouring of poetry that seeks to describe and come to terms with that bitterly divisive conflict.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [337]-354) and index.