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Must a violence : poems /

The author explores the problem of violence against the undefended, elemental self through a variety of emotional and linguistic responses. The violation itself is unspecified but involves the forced transformation from an instinctual, animal self, housed in the body and in the senses, into a social...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Buchanan, Oni, 1975- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Iowa City, Iowa : University of Iowa Press, 2012.
Colección:Kuhl House poets.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:The author explores the problem of violence against the undefended, elemental self through a variety of emotional and linguistic responses. The violation itself is unspecified but involves the forced transformation from an instinctual, animal self, housed in the body and in the senses, into a socialized, time-based "citizen," familiar with death, decay, and systemic injustice. This exploration plays out through the twin challenges of perception and compassion. Perception can bind us to the known world or cut us loose in dangerous, horrific territory
Descripción Física:1 online resource (121 pages)
ISBN:9781609381332
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