Bodies on the Line

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"Bodies on the Line offers the first, sustained study of the poetry reading in its most formative period: the 1960s. Raphael Allison closely examines a vast archive of audio recordings of several key postwar American poets to explore the social and literary context of the sixties poetry reading, which is characterized by two vastly differing styles of performance: the humanist and the skeptical strain"-- Provided by publisher.

Title Bodies on the Line : Performance and the Sixties Poetry Reading / by Raphael Allison.
Publisher Iowa City : University of Iowa Press
Creation Date 2014
Notes Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
English
Series Contemporary North American poetry series
Extent 1 online resource (273 p.)
Language English
Copyright Date ©2014
National Library system number 997010716155005171
MARC RECORDS
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