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