Dowdy uncovers and analyzes the primary rhetorical strategies, particularly figures of voice, in American political poetry from the Vietnam War-era to the present. He brings together a unique and diverse collection of poets, including an innovative section on hip hop performance.

MICHAEL DOWDY is an adjunct assistant professor of English at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, City University of New York, USA.

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