Modern American Poetry [Paperback]

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

Book Description

Publication Date: September 7, 1990

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.

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.
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Product Details

• Paperback: 308 pages
• Publisher: University of Massachusetts Press (September 7, 1990)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0870237209
• ISBN-13: 978-0870237201
• Product Dimensions: 8.6 x 5.6 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.9 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
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