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Thematic guide to American poetry

Contains essays on 21 alphabetically arranged themes that recur throughout American poetry. Includes interpretations of 250 poems, representing the work of 86 poets from a wide spectrum of historical, contemporary, ethnic, and canonical writers
Print Book, English, 2002
Greenwood Press, Westport, Conn., 2002
Index
xiv, 309 pages ; 24 cm
9780313314629, 0313314624
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Art and beauty
Civilization
Family relations
Freedom and slavery
The individual and society
Innocence and experience
Life and death
Loss
Love and sex
Memory
Nature
Obligations and choices
Poetry
The self
Skepticism and belief
Suffering and joy
Thought and perception
Time and change
Tradition and heritage
Truth and appearances
War