{"product_id":"on-poetry-culture-and-democracy","title":"On Poetry, Culture, and Democracy","description":"Condition: BRAND NEW\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9780691278254\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Trade paperback (US)\u003cbr\u003eYear: 2026\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Princeton University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDescription:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Robert Pinsky belongs to that rarest category of talents, a poet-critic.' Robert Lowell\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ALLIANCE DIST - SF","offers":[{"title":"Default","offer_id":41860230545541,"sku":"PR435244","price":51.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0562\/0213\/3637\/files\/image_TTGCG4Q80YCA.jpg?v=1789121289","url":"https:\/\/smartfoxbooks.com.au\/products\/on-poetry-culture-and-democracy","provider":"Smartfox Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}