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Tony Hoagland and Self-Criticism.

Authors :
Halliday, Mark
Source :
Literary Imagination; Jul2019, Vol. 21 Issue 2, p219-233, 15p
Publication Year :
2019

Abstract

The article talks about poems by Tony Hoagland that reflects the sense of something wrong going in the world, seeking a culprit with wrongness, changing the world for better and the moods of pondering includes teasing, anger and despairing. It talks about metaphor against mortality and testimony, the harm in the system that includes racism, capitalism, gender relations, human sexuality, the America poetry having the abundance of protest against social injustice and protest by Bob Dylan.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
15239012
Volume :
21
Issue :
2
Database :
Complementary Index
Journal :
Literary Imagination
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
137508418
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1093/litimag/imz021