00983cam a2200253   4500001000500000005001700005010001700022020002500039100004000064245003300104250001900137264004600156300002900202336002600231337002800257338002700285490002400312504005100336520025500387650001300642650002800655650002500683830002100708563220181127175922.0  a  2013404714  a9780199698479 (pbk.)1 aConstantine, David,d1944-eauthor.10aPoetry /cDavid Constantine.  aFirst edition. 1aOxford :bOxford University Press,c2013.  avii, 145 pages ;c20 cm.  atextbtxt2rdacontent  aunmediatedbn2rdamedia  avolumebnc2rdacarrier1 aThe literary agenda  aIncludes bibliographical references and index.8 aDavid Constantine argues that poetry matters. It matters for individuals and for the society they are members of. He asserts that poetry is not for the few but for the many, and belongs and can only thrive among them, speaks of and to their concerns. 0aPoetics. 0aPoetryxSocial aspects. 0aPoetryxTranslating. 0aLiterary agenda.