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Record Nr.

UNINA9910818127703321

Autore

Newcomb John Timberman

Titolo

How did poetry survive? : 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

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (354 p.)

Disciplina

811/.5209

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

Inglese

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.