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Autore: | Newcomb John Timberman |
Titolo: | How did poetry survive? [[electronic resource] ] : the making of modern American verse / / John Timberman Newcomb |
Pubblicazione: | Urbana, : University of Illinois Press, c2012 |
Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (354 p.) |
Disciplina: | 811/.5209 |
Soggetto topico: | 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 | |
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. |
Altri titoli varianti: | Making of modern American verse |
Titolo autorizzato: | How did poetry survive |
ISBN: | 0-252-09390-9 |
1-283-99354-6 | |
Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
Record Nr.: | 9910779465203321 |
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