From Modernism to Postmodernism American Poetry and Theory in the Twentieth Century |
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| Author:
| Ashton, Jennifer |
| Series title: | Cambridge Studies in American Literature and Culture Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-521-10155-4 |
| Publication Date: | Dec 2008 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $37.99 |
Book Description:
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In this overview of twentieth-century American poetry, Jennifer Ashton explores the complex currents of poetic and intellectual interest linking contemporary poets with their modernist forebears, including Stein, Williams and Pound. She develops important ways to read modernist and postmodernist poetry through their similarities as well as their differences.
In this overview of twentieth-century American poetry, Jennifer Ashton explores the complex currents of poetic and intellectual interest linking contemporary poets with their modernist forebears, including Stein, Williams and Pound. She develops important ways to read modernist and postmodernist poetry through their similarities as well as their differences.