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How did poetry survive? [[electronic resource] ] : the making of modern American verse / / John Timberman Newcomb



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Autore: Newcomb John Timberman Visualizza persona
Titolo: How did poetry survive? [[electronic resource] ] : the making of modern American verse / / John Timberman Newcomb Visualizza cluster
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  Visualizza cluster
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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