How Did Poetry Survive? The Making of Modern American Verse |
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| Author:
| Newcomb, John Timberman |
| ISBN: | 978-0-252-03679-8 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 2012 |
| Publisher: | University of Illinois Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $125.00 |
Book Description:
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This book traces the emergence of modern American poetry at the turn of the nineteenth century. With a particular focus on four ''little magazines''--Poetry, The Masses, Others, and The Seven Arts--John Timberman Newcomb shows how each advanced ambitious agendas combining urban subjects, stylistic experimentation, and progressive social ideals. ......
This book traces the emergence of modern American poetry at the turn of the nineteenth century. With a particular focus on four ''little magazines''--Poetry, The Masses, Others, and The Seven Arts--John Timberman Newcomb shows how each advanced ambitious agendas combining urban subjects, stylistic experimentation, and progressive social ideals. ......