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The Matter of Capital: Poetry and Crisis in the American Century self esteem and increasingly riven by violenceAuthor Contributor(s): Nealon Publisher: Harvard University Press Date: 04 01 2011 Binding: Hardcover Condition: NEW In this highly original reexamination of North American poetry in English from Ezra Pound to the present day, Christopher Nealon demonstrates that the most vital writing of the period is deeply concerned with capitalism. This focus is not exclusive to the work of left wing poets: the problem of capitalism's effect on individuals,