Unlimited Eligibility?

Rewrites the dominant narrative of the political work of lyric poetry in the United States since the nineteenth century. What if increased visibility of marginalized identities-a goal of much socially committed lyric poetry in the United States-does not necessarily lead to increased social recognition? For many contemporary scholars, this is the central question of lyric politics. Unlimited Eligibility? revisits and deeply historicizes this question. Ryan Cull explores the relationship of a dive