|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1. |
Record Nr. |
UNINA9910779465203321 |
|
|
Autore |
Newcomb John Timberman |
|
|
Titolo |
How did poetry survive? [[electronic resource] ] : the making of modern American verse / / John Timberman Newcomb |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Pubbl/distr/stampa |
|
|
Urbana, : University of Illinois Press, c2012 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
ISBN |
|
0-252-09390-9 |
1-283-99354-6 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Descrizione fisica |
|
1 online resource (354 p.) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Disciplina |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Soggetti |
|
American poetry - 20th century - History and criticism |
Modernism (Literature) - United States |
Poetry - Authorship - Psychological aspects |
Poets, American - 20th century - Psychology |
Social change in literature |
Social conflict in literature |
City and town life in literature |
Technology in literature |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Lingua di pubblicazione |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
|
|
|
|
|
Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
|
|
|
|
|
Note generali |
|
Description based upon print version of record. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Nota di bibliografia |
|
Includes bibliographical references (p. [303]-326) and index. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Nota di contenuto |
|
Introduction. A modernism of the city -- Inventing the new verse -- American poetry on the brink, 1905-1912 -- Poetry's opening door : Harriet Monroe and American modernism -- Young, blithe, and whimsical : the avant-gardism of the masses -- There is always others : experimental verse and "ulterior social result" -- Volunteers of America, 1917 : the seven arts and the Great War -- Keys to the city -- Gutter and skyline : the new verse and the metropolitan cityscape -- Footprints of the 20th century : American skyscrapers, modern poems -- Subway fare : toward a poetics of rapid transit. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Sommario/riassunto |
|
This volume traces the emergence of modern American poetry at the turn of the 19th century. With a particular focus on four 'little magazines', John Timberman Newcomb shows how each advanced ambitious agendas combining urban subjects, stylistic experimentation, and progressive social ideals. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|