LEADER 02710nam 2200685Ia 450 001 9910455395303321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-674-04296-4 024 7 $a10.4159/9780674042964 035 $a(CKB)1000000000787084 035 $a(StDuBDS)AH23050869 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000248692 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11188566 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000248692 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10203518 035 $a(PQKB)10619181 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3300005 035 $a(DE-B1597)457752 035 $a(OCoLC)1049628817 035 $a(OCoLC)1054880101 035 $a(OCoLC)979969642 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780674042964 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3300005 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10305849 035 $a(OCoLC)830512339 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000787084 100 $a20070125d2007 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aSongs of ourselves$b[electronic resource] $ethe uses of poetry in America /$fJoan Shelley Rubin 210 $aCambridge, MA ;$aLondon $cBelknap$dc2007 215 $a1 online resource (488 p. ) $cill 300 $aOriginally published: 2007. 311 $a0-674-02436-2 311 $a0-674-03512-7 320 $aIncludes bibliograhical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tAcknowledgments -- $tContents -- $tIllustrations -- $tIntroduction -- $tPART I. THE POET IN AMERICAN CULTURE -- $tPART II. POETRY IN PLACE AND PRACTICE -- $tCoda "Favorite" Poems and Contemporary Readers -- $tNotes -- $tIndex 330 $aIn a strikingly original and rich portrait of the uses of verse in America, Rubin shows how the sites and practices of reciting poetry influenced readers' lives and helped them to find meaning in a poet's words. By blurring the boundaries between "high" and "popular" poetry as well as between modern and traditional, it creates a fuller, more democratic way of studying our poetic language and ourselves. 606 $aOral interpretation of poetry$zUnited States 606 $aAmerican literature$xAppreciation$zUnited States 606 $aPoetry$xPublic opinion 606 $aPublic opinion$zUnited States 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aOral interpretation of poetry 615 0$aAmerican literature$xAppreciation 615 0$aPoetry$xPublic opinion. 615 0$aPublic opinion 676 $a811.009 686 $aHR 1760$2rvk 700 $aRubin$b Joan Shelley$f1947-$0879033 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910455395303321 996 $aSongs of ourselves$92474847 997 $aUNINA