Format: Paperback
        
        
        
        
            Pages: 256
          
                              
            ISBN: 9780963818331
          
                              
            Pub Date: October 1996
          
                                                            
                                          Imprint: Wesleyan University Press
                                    
                              
                Price:
      
                £12.50
            
  
          
          
          
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          Description:
      
      
        Observing that poetry is a natural part of our pastimes and rituals, Muriel Rukeyser explores the vital force of poetry and the arts in American culture. She opposes elitist attitudes and addresses Americans’ fear of feeling, which contribute to a devaluation of poetry and the arts in the U.S. Multicultural and interdisciplinary, this collection of essays makes an irrefutable case for the centrality of poetry in American life.