{"product_id":"line-break-poetry-as-social-practice-paperback-softback-9781931896184","title":"Line Break; Poetry As Social Practice (Paperback \/ softback) 9781931896184","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eLine Break\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003ePoetry As Social Practice\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJames Scully (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781931896184\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 30 August 2005\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e180 pages\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 1.8 cm, 0.265 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"James Scully's essays, like his poems, refuse to soothe or simplify, to shortchange either poetry or the imperative for social revolution. His fiercely demystifying intelligence is grounded in hope and realism for poetry in itself along with other forms of dissident engagement.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e—Adrienne Rich\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e|\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Scully's brilliance is mesmerizing, radicalizing, a power plant producing synapses in the 'mind politic' that may well allow Americans, finally, to write and discourse with our kind around the globe. If American poets have a role to play in preserving free speech in the 21st century, this book belongs in our every backpack.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e—Linda McCarriston\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e|\u003cdiv\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eLine Break\u003c\/i\u003e is a powerful and internally consistent argument that literature, that poetry in particular, can and must fulfill its ancient duty to register and judge the conduct of human beings. \u003ci\u003eLine Break\u003c\/i\u003e extrapolates and updates Plato: a poem that does not examine life critically is not worth writing.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e—Robert Bagg\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eLine Break\u003c\/i\u003e is the major work on poetry as social practice and a must-read for anyone interested in contemporary criticism or poetry. For many years, James Scully, along with others, quietly radicalized American poetry\u0026amp;mdash;in theory and in practice, in how it is lived as well as in how it is written. In eight provocative essays, James Scully argues provocatively for artistic and cultural practice that actively opposes structures of power too often reinforced by intellectual activities.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eForeword by Adrienne Rich\u003cbr\u003ePrefactory Notes\u003cbr\u003eRemarks on Political Poetry\u003cbr\u003eIn Defense of Ideology\u003cbr\u003eDemagogy in the\u003ci\u003e Musée\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Dream of an Apolitical Poetry\u003cbr\u003eScratching Surfaces\u003cbr\u003eReview\u003cbr\u003ePoetic Freedom and \"Cuba\"\u003cbr\u003eLine Break\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Northwestern University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52681242050840,"sku":"9781931896184","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/line-break-poetry-as-social-practice-paperback-softback-9781931896184","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}