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Collected Poems

by Kenneth Patchen · 1968

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From the appearance in 1936 of Kenneth Patchen's first book, the voice of this great poet has been protesting war and social injustice, satirizing the demeaning and barbarous inanities of our culture—entrancing us with an inexhaustible flow of humor and fantasy.

Setting
1960sUSA
Audience
adult
Length
long · 516 pages
Form
poetry

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