Poets Against War

Poets Against War
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ISBN-10 : OCLC:51611899
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Download or read book Poets Against War written by and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Begun by poet Sam Hamill in reaction to an invitation to attend First Lady Laura Bush's White House Symposium "Poetry and the American Voice" on February 12, 2003 (subsequently canceled), site contains poems or personal statements from over 4,600 poets to register their opposition to the Bush administration's policies toward war in Iraq. Allows for the submission of new poems and also provides links to anti-war activities, news items and other anti-war organizations.

Poets Against the War

Poets Against the War
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Publisher : Nation Books
Total Pages : 200
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ISBN-10 : 1560255390
ISBN-13 : 9781560255390
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Book Synopsis Poets Against the War by : Sam Hamill

Download or read book Poets Against the War written by Sam Hamill and published by Nation Books. This book was released on 2003-05-01 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Led by poet Sam Hamill, February 12, 2003 became a day of Poetry Against the War conducted as a reading at the White House gates in addition to over 160 public readings in many different countries and almost all of the 50 states. Since then, over 9,000 poets have joined this grassroots peace movement by submitting poems and statements to www.poetsagainstthewar.org, registering their opposition to the Bush administration's headlong plunge toward war in Iraq. Poets Against the War features a selection of the best poems that were submitted to the website. Contributors include: Adrienne Rich, W.S. Merwin, Galway Kinnell, Robert Bly, Marilyn Hacker, Grace Schulman, Shirley Kaufman, Wanda Coleman, Yusef Komunyakaa, Hayden Carruth, Jane Hirshfield, Tess Gallagher, Sandra Cisneros, former Poet Laureate Rita Dove, and many others.

First World War Poetry

First World War Poetry
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Publisher : Penguin
Total Pages : 324
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ISBN-10 : 0141180099
ISBN-13 : 9780141180090
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Book Synopsis First World War Poetry by : Jon Silkin

Download or read book First World War Poetry written by Jon Silkin and published by Penguin. This book was released on 1997-02-01 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A selection of poetry written during World War I. In the introduction Jon Silkin traces the changing mood of the poets - from patriotism through anger and compassion to an active desire for social change. The book includes work by Sassoon, Owen, Blunden, Rosenberg, Hardy and Lawrence.

World War I Poetry

World War I Poetry
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Publisher : Arcturus Publishing
Total Pages : 153
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ISBN-10 : 9781788880190
ISBN-13 : 1788880196
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Book Synopsis World War I Poetry by : Edith Wharton

Download or read book World War I Poetry written by Edith Wharton and published by Arcturus Publishing. This book was released on 2017-09-21 with total page 153 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The horrors of the First World War released a great outburst of emotional poetry from the soldiers who fought in it as well as many other giants of world literature. Wilfred Owen, Rupert Brooke and W B Yeats are just some of the poets whose work is featured in this anthology. The raw emotion unleashed in these poems still has the power to move readers today. As well as poems detailing the miseries of war there are poems on themes of bravery, friendship and loyalty, and this collection shows how even in the depths of despair the human spirit can still triumph.

American War Poetry

American War Poetry
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Publisher : Columbia University Press
Total Pages : 460
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ISBN-10 : 0231133103
ISBN-13 : 9780231133104
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Book Synopsis American War Poetry by : Lorrie Goldensohn

Download or read book American War Poetry written by Lorrie Goldensohn and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Arranged by war, the book begins with the Colonial period and proceeds through Whitman admiring Civil War soldiers crossing a river to end with Brian Turner, who published his first book in 2005, beckoning a bullet in contemporary Iraq.

The War Poets

The War Poets
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Publisher : Bloomsbury Pub Limited
Total Pages : 192
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ISBN-10 : 0747542716
ISBN-13 : 9780747542711
Rating : 4/5 (16 Downloads)

Book Synopsis The War Poets by : Robert Giddings

Download or read book The War Poets written by Robert Giddings and published by Bloomsbury Pub Limited. This book was released on 1998-11-01 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For the people who fought in it, the World War I was a cataclysm. The sheer scale of its horror and carnage transformed their lives and attitudes to an extent that has coloured the way in which every subsequent generation has thought of war. Nothing shows this more clearly than the work of the poets, writers and artists of the trenches - the creators of a cultural heritage that reflects their hopes, fears, doubts, initial optimism and ultimate cynicism.

War Poems

War Poems
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Total Pages : 86
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ISBN-10 : OCLC:1296800745
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Download or read book War Poems written by and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 86 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: