03359nam 2200769 a 450 991081812770332120240417222628.00-252-09390-91-283-99354-6(CKB)2550000000996650(EBL)3414196(SSID)ssj0000819896(PQKBManifestationID)11974543(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000819896(PQKBWorkID)10856747(PQKB)11338894(MiAaPQ)EBC3414196(StDuBDS)EDZ0000927282(OCoLC)842264573(MdBmJHUP)muse25148(Au-PeEL)EBL3414196(CaPaEBR)ebr10651015(CaONFJC)MIL430604(OCoLC)923496860(EXLCZ)99255000000099665020110725d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrHow did poetry survive? the making of modern American verse /John Timberman Newcomb1st ed.Urbana University of Illinois Pressc20121 online resource (354 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-252-07968-X 0-252-03679-4 Includes bibliographical references (p. [303]-326) and index.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.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.Making of modern American verseAmerican poetry20th centuryHistory and criticismModernism (Literature)United StatesPoetryAuthorshipPsychological aspectsPoets, American20th centuryPsychologySocial change in literatureSocial conflict in literatureCity and town life in literatureTechnology in literatureAmerican poetryHistory and criticism.Modernism (Literature)PoetryAuthorshipPsychological aspects.Poets, AmericanPsychology.Social change in literature.Social conflict in literature.City and town life in literature.Technology in literature.811/.5209Newcomb John Timberman1204174MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910818127703321How did poetry survive4037042UNINA