John Kinsella's poem America is very much in the mould of Blake's visionary poem America, A Prophecy, but unlike Blake Kinsella does not express himself in allegorical terms but delivers a trenchant, uncompromising and direct denunciation of the world's unchallenged superpower.
In what Peter Porter describes in his superb introduction as a "finely annotated and sculpted tirade";, Kinsella expresses his extreme disillusionment with the country in which he has been living on and off since the turn of the century, a disillusionment felt all the more keenly because he is Australian.
This is an extraordinary work, a highly political and hard-hitting commentary on contemporary America presented not as documentary but in poetry, and all the more powerful for that.
"Kinsella's America is a voice from the Rust Belt, but the rust is traced to the minds of Corporate America, not just its worn-out industries; [He] has an almost perfect ear for how a phrase will fall from the mouth into the waiting air-space."
Peter Porter
John Kinsella was born in Perth, Australia in 1963. He is editor and international editor of a number of well-known literary journals, has had over 30 books in a wide range of literary genres (including poetry, prose and literary criticism) published, and is a literary critic and cultural commentator. A Fellow of Churchill College, Cambridge, which he regards as his academic base, he has taught over the past 5 years at in the USA at Kenyon College, Ohio and also holds an adjunct professorship in Australia.
| ISBN: | 9781904614289 |
| Publication date: | 15th February 2006 |
| Author: | John Kinsella |
| Publisher: | Arc Publications |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 68 pages |
| Series: | Arc International Poets Series |
| Genres: |
Poetry by individual poets |
John Kinsella's poem America is very much in the mould of Blake's visionary poem America, A Prophecy, but unlike Blake Kinsella does not express himself in allegorical terms but delivers a trenchant, uncompromising and direct denunciation of the world's unchallenged superpower.
In what Peter Porter describes in his superb introduction as a "finely annotated and sculpted tirade";, Kinsella expresses his extreme disillusionment with the country in which he has been living on and off since the turn of the century, a disillusionment felt all the more keenly because he is Australian.
This is an extraordinary work, a highly political and hard-hitting commentary on contemporary America presented not as documentary but in poetry, and all the more powerful for that.
"Kinsella's America is a voice from the Rust Belt, but the rust is traced to the minds of Corporate America, not just its worn-out industries; [He] has an almost perfect ear for how a phrase will fall from the mouth into the waiting air-space."
Peter Porter
John Kinsella was born in Perth, Australia in 1963. He is editor and international editor of a number of well-known literary journals, has had over 30 books in a wide range of literary genres (including poetry, prose and literary criticism) published, and is a literary critic and cultural commentator. A Fellow of Churchill College, Cambridge, which he regards as his academic base, he has taught over the past 5 years at in the USA at Kenyon College, Ohio and also holds an adjunct professorship in Australia.
America features in the following genres: Poetry by individual poets
America is available in Paperback
America was written by John Kinsella and published by Arc Publications
America has 68 pages
Yes it is part of Arc International Poets Series series