'Out of the Acids of Rage': Philip Levin’s Poems About Detroit

Authors

  • Jennifer Kilgore-Caradec

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.18485/bells.2010.2.8

Keywords:

Detroit, Philip Levine’s poetry, historical and literary context

Abstract

Philip Levine’s poems about Detroit are provided with a historical and literary context as the discussion centers on a short masterpiece poem “They Feed They Lion”, and around the consistency of vision discernable in poems written from the 1960s until the present. The anger of the poetry can be linked to prophetic examples of testimony and exhortation from the Old Testament. Levine’s poetic affirmations concerning the city of Detroit also confirm his political commitment.

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Published

2010-11-22

How to Cite

Kilgore-Caradec, J. (2010). ’Out of the Acids of Rage’: Philip Levin’s Poems About Detroit. Belgrade English Language and Literature Studies, 2(1), 167–186. https://doi.org/10.18485/bells.2010.2.8

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Section

LITERARY AND CULTURAL STUDIES