Modern American Poetry 1865-1950 (Twayne's Critical History of Poetry Series) [Hardcover]

Alan Shucard (Author), Fred Moramarco (Author), William Sullivan (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0805784519 | ISBN-13: 978-0805784510 | Publication Date: July 1989

This volume examines the origins and evolution of modernism in American verse from Dickinson to the objectivist movement, offering imaginative readings of those writers who helped create a distinctive American poetic voice.

--This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Editorial Reviews

From Library Journal

The second of a three-volume history of American poetry aimed at a college audience, this commonsensical, plain-written study provides readers with a base on which to build an appreciation for how our poetry developed from Whitman, covered in the first volume, to Lorine Niedecker. The discussions in this volume of Dickinson, Frost, and the Modernists are sound if standard, but a look at the Harlem Renaissance, McKay, Cullen, and Hughes is well done. Although experienced readers will find much that is familiar, a chapter on the Fugitives and Objectivists clarifies obscurities in Zukofsky. A student first encountering, say, Hart Crane or Stein, has another helpful tool, free of critical cant and superior to "McCrit" guides.
- Vincent D. Balitas, Allentown Coll., Center Valley, Pa.
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 285 pages
• Publisher: Twayne Pub (July 1989)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0805784519
• ISBN-13: 978-0805784510
• Product Dimensions: 13.3 x 8.8 x 2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5 pounds
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,282,105 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)