• Author:agent John Kinsella http://www.poetrylibrary.edu.au/poets/kinsella-john
Issue Details: First known date: 2010... 2010 Activist Poetics : Anarchy in the Avon Valley
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'John Kinsella is known internationally as the acclaimed author of more than thirty books of poetry and prose, but in tandem with - and often directly through - his creative and critical work, Kinsella is also a prominent activist. In this important collection of essays the vegan anarchist pacifist poet claims that poetry can act as a vital form of resistance to a variety of social and ethical ills, in particular ecological damage and abuse. Kinsella builds on his earlier notion of 'linguistic disobedience' evolving out of civil disobedience, and critiques the figurative qualities of his poems in a context of resistance. The book includes explorations of anarchism, veganism, pacifism, and ecological poetics. For Kinsella all poetry is political and can be a call to action.' (Publisher's blurb)

Contents

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Liverpool University Press , 2010 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Herewith the (Auto) Razo : Activism and the Poet, John Kinsella , single work criticism (p. 1-15)
Standing up to Aggressors, John Kinsella , single work criticism (p. 16-22)
Why I Am a Pacifist, John Kinsella , single work criticism (p. 23-33)
Plagues & Bioethics Letters and Debate : Plagues and Bioethics, John Kinsella , single work column correspondence (p. 34-39)
Note: With title: Plagues & Bioethics
Refugees and Australia, John Kinsella , single work essay (p. 40-59)
Wheatbelt Isohalines & the Making of Isopleths : The 'Annihilation of Distance' & Other Subtexts Associated with the Creation of a Sequence of Poems, John Kinsella , single work criticism (p. 60-75)
Half-Masts : A Prosody of Telecommunications, John Kinsella , single work criticism (p. 76-89)
Geodysplasia : Geographical Abnormalities & Anomalies of an Activist Poetics, John Kinsella , single work criticism (p. 90-96)
Activist Readings of Three Australian Poems, John Kinsella , single work criticism (p. 97-128)
Working with Coral Hull on Zoo, John Kinsella , single work criticism (p. 129-136)
De-Mapping & Reconnoitring Notions of Boundaries - Mutually Said : Blogging & Acting, John Kinsella , single work criticism (p. 137-162)
Poetry, Justice & the Court, John Kinsella , single work criticism (p. 163-175)
School of Environmental Poetics and Creativity, John Kinsella , single work column (p. 176-183)
Coda : Visitors, John Kinsella , single work criticism (p. 184-187)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Works about this Work

John Kinsella, International Regionalism, and World Literature Yanli He , 2021 single work criticism
— Appears in: Angelaki , vol. 26 no. 2 2021; (p. 81-91)

'This article focuses on the question of John Kinsella’s invisibility in World Literature from the perspective of his International Regionalism (IR). First, it compares the similarity and difference between Kinsella and Joseph S. Nye’s international regionalism, and pinpoints the development of Kinsella’s IR from Disclosed PoeticsActivist PoeticsSpatial Relations to Polysituatedness. Second, it concentrates on analyzing the background of Kinsella’s IR through three kinds of ideologies: veganism, anarchism, and pacifism, in order to mark the unique identity problem of Kinsella – identity dilemma in-between pre- and post-nation as Australia. Third, it clarifies the reason why Kinsella is invisible in the World Literature canon as Emily Apter mentions in “On Translation in a Global Market,” in line with the question why Kinsella was mainly in the footnotes of Robert Dixon and Brigid Rooney’s Scenes of Reading: Is Australian Literature a World Literature. In conclusion, on the one hand, Kinsella’s IR about the World and Literature does not fit in the Center, or the Periphery, nor the Semi-Center & Periphery; on the other hand, Kinsella’s IR might more aptly be termed International Community-ism, because Kinsella’s World is built up by very small communities.' (Publication abstract)

Lines in the Sand David McCooey , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , November no. 336 2011; (p. 61-62)

— Review of Activist Poetics : Anarchy in the Avon Valley John Kinsella , 2010 single work criticism
Lines in the Sand David McCooey , 2011 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , November no. 336 2011; (p. 61-62)

— Review of Activist Poetics : Anarchy in the Avon Valley John Kinsella , 2010 single work criticism
John Kinsella, International Regionalism, and World Literature Yanli He , 2021 single work criticism
— Appears in: Angelaki , vol. 26 no. 2 2021; (p. 81-91)

'This article focuses on the question of John Kinsella’s invisibility in World Literature from the perspective of his International Regionalism (IR). First, it compares the similarity and difference between Kinsella and Joseph S. Nye’s international regionalism, and pinpoints the development of Kinsella’s IR from Disclosed PoeticsActivist PoeticsSpatial Relations to Polysituatedness. Second, it concentrates on analyzing the background of Kinsella’s IR through three kinds of ideologies: veganism, anarchism, and pacifism, in order to mark the unique identity problem of Kinsella – identity dilemma in-between pre- and post-nation as Australia. Third, it clarifies the reason why Kinsella is invisible in the World Literature canon as Emily Apter mentions in “On Translation in a Global Market,” in line with the question why Kinsella was mainly in the footnotes of Robert Dixon and Brigid Rooney’s Scenes of Reading: Is Australian Literature a World Literature. In conclusion, on the one hand, Kinsella’s IR about the World and Literature does not fit in the Center, or the Periphery, nor the Semi-Center & Periphery; on the other hand, Kinsella’s IR might more aptly be termed International Community-ism, because Kinsella’s World is built up by very small communities.' (Publication abstract)

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