Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-245) and index.
Machine generated contents note: 1. POLITICS AND POETRY: SOME CONTEXTS -- AND PROBLEMS FOR AMERICAN POETRY -- OF THE VIETNAM WAR -- 2. STATESIDE POETRY: PROTEST AND -- PROPHECY -- 3. VETERAN POETRY: PROTEST AND ANGUISH- -- BRIGIGING THE WAR HOME -- 4. VETERAN POETRY: COMBAT EXPERIENCE- -- THE ACTUALITY AND THE NEED TO BEAR WITNESS -- 5. VETERAN POETRY: THE AFTERMATH -- 6. THE 'OTHER': VIETNAMESE POETIC -- :REPRESENTATIONS.
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Memories of a lost war.
American poetry-- 20th century-- History and criticism.