Search for Origins in the Twentieth-Century Long Poem UFBC Weaves antiracist

Weaves antiracist

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Search for Origins in the Twentieth-Century Long Poem UFBC Weaves antiracistIn this new, scholarly text an ambitious study of contemporary poetics Joe W. Moffett deciphers the twentieth century long poem, searching for a better understanding of why long poem writers are preoccupied with a search for origins. Moffett focuses on issues like postcolonialism, nation, modernism, and postmodernism. He conceptualizes his theories by using what he calls "originiary moments" historical periods or specific events from which a poet