Wicked Times
SELECTED POEMS
Cary Nelson author Aaron Kramer author
Format:Hardback
Publisher:University of Illinois Press
Published:26th May '04
Currently unavailable, and unfortunately no date known when it will be back
The first comprehensive selection of an important American proletarian poet who was passionately engaged in the major issues of his time, 1930s-1990s
A collection of poems which includes an account of the poet's life, along with photos and explanatory notes.This is the collected work of a major, versatile American poet passionately engaged with everything from the Holocaust and the Spanish Civil War to his love for New York City and his wife. The editors argue that his long poem sequence, Denmark Vesey, stands as the most ambitious poem about African American history ever written by a white American. Wicked Times includes previously unpublished poems and the first detailed account of Kramer's life, along with photos and extensive explanatory notes.
"I loved the man and his poems. He was the revolutionary angel of American poetry." -- Pete Seeger "A collection that inspires both admiration and gratitude in a reader. The neglected poet Aaron Kramer was an artist of considerable substance, and this volume performs an invaluable service to U.S. cultural history by restoring Kramer's work to print in a form that showcases the breadth and depth of his achievement." -- Alan Wald, Professor of English at the University of Michigan and author of Exiles from a Future Time
ISBN: 9780252029189
Dimensions: 235mm x 156mm x 36mm
Weight: unknown
440 pages