Behind the lines

Description:

"Behind the Lines investigates American war resistance poetry from the Second World War through the Iraq wars. Rather than simply chronicling the genre, Philip Metres argues that this poetry gets to the heart of who is authorized to speak about war and how it can be represented. As such, he explores a largely neglected area of scholarship: the poet's relationship to dissenting political movements and the nation."--Jacket.

subjects: War in literature,  History and criticism,  Anti-war poetry, American,  American Protest poetry,  American poetry