Trees Became Torches : Selected Poems
Rolfe, Edwin; Nelson, Cary; Hendricks, Jefferson (EDT)
ISBN 10: 0252064178 ISBN 13: 9780252064173
Published by University of Illinois Press, 1994
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"Rolfe's voice is one that many of us feared was buried forever.
. . . He stands in the forefront of an entire 'lost generation' of left-wing
writers who fused artistic craft with irrepressible political commitment."
-- Alan Wald, author of The Responsibility of Intellectuals: Selected
Essays on Marxist Traditions in Cultural Commitment
"[Rolfe's] Spanish Civil War poems may be the best written by an
American writer, and his McCarthy era poems brilliantly counteract the
often apolitical, rather socially aseptic poetry of their time."
-- Reginald Gibbons, editor of TriQuarterly
The radical journalist and poet Edwin Rolfe wrote eloquently of the hardships
of the Great Depression, the experience of war, and McCarthy era witch-hunts.
More than fifty of his best poems--some beautifully lyrical and some devastatingly
satiric--are included in Trees Became Torches. Rolfe was widely
known as the poet laureate of the Abraham Lincoln Battalion, the Americans
who volunteered to help defend the elected Spanish government during the
1936-39 civil war.
. . . He stands in the forefront of an entire 'lost generation' of left-wing
writers who fused artistic craft with irrepressible political commitment."
-- Alan Wald, author of The Responsibility of Intellectuals: Selected
Essays on Marxist Traditions in Cultural Commitment
"[Rolfe's] Spanish Civil War poems may be the best written by an
American writer, and his McCarthy era poems brilliantly counteract the
often apolitical, rather socially aseptic poetry of their time."
-- Reginald Gibbons, editor of TriQuarterly
The radical journalist and poet Edwin Rolfe wrote eloquently of the hardships
of the Great Depression, the experience of war, and McCarthy era witch-hunts.
More than fifty of his best poems--some beautifully lyrical and some devastatingly
satiric--are included in Trees Became Torches. Rolfe was widely
known as the poet laureate of the Abraham Lincoln Battalion, the Americans
who volunteered to help defend the elected Spanish government during the
1936-39 civil war.
About the Author:
Cary Nelson is Jublilee Professor of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He is also the national president of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP). Among his twenty-five books are Manifesto of a Tenured Radical (also published by NYU) and the landmark coedited collection Cultural Studies.
Cary Nelson is Jublilee Professor of Liberal Arts and Sciences at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He is also the national president of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP). Among his twenty-five books are Manifesto of a Tenured Radical (also published by NYU) and the landmark coedited collection Cultural Studies.
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Bibliographic Details
Title: Trees Became Torches : Selected Poems
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Publication Date: 1994
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: As New