Astrid Franke. Pursue the Illusion: Problems of Public Poetry in America.
Given how ineffective any one form of protest may be, Astrid Franke in the opening of her book wonders “how could the presumably least public literary genre...be dangerous...to those holding power in a democracy?” . Franke takes as her point of departure the rhetorical strategies of the age of the...
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| Language: | Anglais |
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European journal of American studies
2022
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| Online Access: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Summary: | Given how ineffective any one form of protest may be, Astrid Franke in the opening of her book wonders “how could the presumably least public literary genre...be dangerous...to those holding power in a democracy?” . Franke takes as her point of departure the rhetorical strategies of the age of the American Independence and concludes with a critical discussion of the radically altered interface between the public and the private spheres in the wake of 9/11; throughout, Franke explores how “ae... |
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