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Activist Poetics by John Kinsella: Anarchy in the Avon Valley
John Kinsella
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Hardcover. A collection of essays that claim that poetry can act as a vital form of resistance to a variety of social and ethical ills, in particular ecological damage and abuse. It includes explorations of anarchism, veganism, pacifism, and ecological poetics. Editor(s): Lucy, Niall. Num Pages: 232 pages, 13 colour plates, 1 black & white plates, 1 maps. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 163 x 20. Weight in Grams: 530.
John Kinsella is known internationally as the acclaimed author of more than thirty books of poetry and prose, but in tandem with - and often directly through - his creative and critical work, Kinsella is also a prominent activist. In this important collection of essays the vegan anarchist pacifist poet claims that poetry can act as a vital form of resistance to a variety of social and ethical ills, in particular ecological damage and abuse. Kinsella builds on his earlier notion of 'linguistic disobedience' evolving out of civil disobedience, and critiques the figurative qualities of his poems in a context ... Read more
John Kinsella is known internationally as the acclaimed author of more than thirty books of poetry and prose, but in tandem with - and often directly through - his creative and critical work, Kinsella is also a prominent activist. In this important collection of essays the vegan anarchist pacifist poet claims that poetry can act as a vital form of resistance to a variety of social and ethical ills, in particular ecological damage and abuse. Kinsella builds on his earlier notion of 'linguistic disobedience' evolving out of civil disobedience, and critiques the figurative qualities of his poems in a context ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Liverpool University Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
232
Place of Publication
Liverpool, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781846314698
SKU
9781846314698
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About John Kinsella
Niall Lucy (1956-2014) was a Research Fellow with the Australia Research Institute and formerly Head of the School of Arts at Murdoch University, where he taught for many years in the Literature, Philosophy and Communication Studies programs. John Kinsella is the author of numerous books of poetry, including Jam Tree Gully (2012), for which he won the Australian Prime Minister’s ... Read more
Reviews for Activist Poetics by John Kinsella: Anarchy in the Avon Valley
'John Kinsella delights in disturbance. (He) writes like an Australian storm at full blow.' The Observer 'John Kinsella's Activist Poetics argues that poetry can act as a form of resistance to social and ethical ills, especially ecological damage and abuse, by provoking responses. The book is not so much of a manifesto as an apologia, an attempt to show ... Read more