{"product_id":"on-poetry-culture-and-democracy-9780691278254","title":"On Poetry, Culture, and Democracy","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Robert Pinsky\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Princeton University Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Princeton University Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: American - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eRobert Pinsky belongs to that rarest category of talents, a poet-critic.\"--Robert Lowel\u003c\/b\u003el \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eTwo important books of criticism by the Pulitzer Prize finalist and former U.S. poet laureate--now combined in a single volume with a new preface by the author\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor Robert Pinsky, poetry's individual, human scale as a fundamentally vocal medium--with poems brought to life by one person at a time--gives poetry a unique importance in American and democratic culture and society. This book brings together two compelling works of criticism by the former poet laureate--\u003ci\u003eThe Situation of Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eDemocracy, Culture and the Voice of Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e, in which he makes a passionate and eloquent case for the vital role of poetry in a democracy.","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47772944728215,"sku":"9780691278254","price":1750.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780691278254.webp?v=1777976799","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/on-poetry-culture-and-democracy-9780691278254","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}