Ardam, Jacquelyn creator text bibliography nyu 2022 monographic eng

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161 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm "More Americans are reading poetry in the 21st century than ever before. This books asks: how do poems come to us? How do they make us feel and think and act when they do? Who and what is poetry for? Who does poetry include and exclude, and what can we learn from it? Each chapter links a reason why we might read poetry (to want, to learn, to resist, to soothe) with a type of poem (the sonnet, the alphabet poem, the documentary poem, the internet poem). Through readings of poems written in English from Shakespeare through today, and through reading the American cultures in which we read them, the book thinks about how poems are embedded in our lives: in our loves, our educations, our politics, and our social media, sometimes in spite of, and sometimes very much because of the nation we live in"-- The sonnet : to want -- The alphabet poem : to learn -- The documentary poem : to resist -- The internet poem : to soothe -- Coda: The villanelle : to lose. Jacquelyn Ardam. Includes bibliographical references and index. n-us--- Poetry Appreciation United States History 21st century Poetry Social aspects United States History 21st century Literature and society United States History 21st century Poesía Historia y crítica Apreciación literaria Poesía Aspectos sociales PN 1281 A676a 2022 808.1 9781479813582 (paperback) 1479813583 (paperback) 2021044595 LBSOR/DLC 211204 20230411090908.0 22352973 eng