A history of American poetry

By: Gray, RichardMaterial type: TextTextPublication details: Malden Wiley Blackwell 2015Description: viii, 528pISBN: 9781118795354Subject(s): American poetryDDC classification: 811.009 Summary: A History of American Poetry presents a comprehensive exploration of the development of American poetic traditions from their pre-Columbian origins to the present day. Offers a detailed and accessible account of the entire range of American poetry. Situates the story of American poetry within crucial social and historical contexts, and places individual poets and poems in the relevant intertextual contexts. Explores and interprets American poetry in terms of the international positioning and multicultural character of the United States Provides readers with a means to understand the individual works and personalities that helped to shape one of the most significant bodies of literature of the past few centuries.
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Includes index.

A History of American Poetry presents a comprehensive exploration of the development of American poetic traditions from their pre-Columbian origins to the present day.

Offers a detailed and accessible account of the entire range of American poetry.
Situates the story of American poetry within crucial social and historical contexts, and places individual poets and poems in the relevant intertextual contexts.
Explores and interprets American poetry in terms of the international positioning and multicultural character of the United States
Provides readers with a means to understand the individual works and personalities that helped to shape one of the most significant bodies of literature of the past few centuries.

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