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Record Nr.

UNINA9910825456303321

Autore

Hummer T. R

Titolo

The muse in the machine : essays on poetry and the anatomy of the body politic / / by T.R. Hummer

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Athens, : University of Georgia Press, c2006

ISBN

1-283-25311-9

9786613253118

0-8203-4278-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (224 p.)

Collana

Life of poetry

Disciplina

811/.509358

Soggetti

American poetry - 20th century - History and criticism

Politics and literature - United States - History - 20th century

Literature and society - United States - History - 20th century

Poetry - Authorship

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

An audience -- Laughed off : canon, kharakter, and the dismissal of Vachel Lindsay -- "Sen-sen," censorship, obscenity, secrecy : slapping the face of the body politic -- Inside the avalanche -- Ex machina : reading the mind of the South -- Revenge of the American leviathan -- "Christ, start again" : Robert Penn Warren, a poet of the South? -- The mechanical muse.