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Working Classics: POEMS ON INDUSTRIAL LIFE
Oresick
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Description for Working Classics: POEMS ON INDUSTRIAL LIFE
Paperback. Editor(s): Oresick, Peter; Coles, Nicholas. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: DC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 500.
From the cannery rows of California to the sweatshops of New York, this
anthology of poems captures the drama of work and working-class life in
industrial America. It speaks of rolling mills, mine shafts, and foundries,
and of a people who dig coal, tap blast furnaces, sew shirts, clean fish,
and assemble cars. These subjects, though largely absent from literary
anthologies and textbooks, are increasingly evident in the work of contemporary
poets. Working Classics gathers the best and most representative
of these poems, American and ... Read more
From the cannery rows of California to the sweatshops of New York, this
anthology of poems captures the drama of work and working-class life in
industrial America. It speaks of rolling mills, mine shafts, and foundries,
and of a people who dig coal, tap blast furnaces, sew shirts, clean fish,
and assemble cars. These subjects, though largely absent from literary
anthologies and textbooks, are increasingly evident in the work of contemporary
poets. Working Classics gathers the best and most representative
of these poems, American and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Number of Pages
304
Place of Publication
Baltimore, United States
ISBN
9780252061332
SKU
V9780252061332
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Reviews for Working Classics: POEMS ON INDUSTRIAL LIFE
"A great feast of an anthology."
The Nation. "Searing and unforgettable."
Voice Literary Supplement.
The Nation. "Searing and unforgettable."
Voice Literary Supplement.