Against Forgetting
20th Century Poetry of Witness
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Carolyn Forché's 'Against Forgetting: 20th Century Poetry of Witness' is an edited anthology compiling poems written in the context of political oppression, war, and personal testimony.
The collection highlights poets who wrote while enduring imprisonment, fighting in wars, or facing execution, emphasizing poetry's role as witness.
It offers a range of international voices that document historical atrocities and human endurance.
Forché frames the anthology to show how testimony in poetry can preserve memory and hold power to account.
The book has been influential in discussions of documentary poetics and the ethics of witnessing through literature.
The collection highlights poets who wrote while enduring imprisonment, fighting in wars, or facing execution, emphasizing poetry's role as witness.
It offers a range of international voices that document historical atrocities and human endurance.
Forché frames the anthology to show how testimony in poetry can preserve memory and hold power to account.
The book has been influential in discussions of documentary poetics and the ethics of witnessing through literature.
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