American Poetry and Culture, 1945-1980

by Robert Von Hallberg

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Challenging the common perception of poets as standing apart from the mainstream of American culture, Robert von Hallberg gives us a fresh and unpredictable assessment of the poetry that has come directly out of the American experience since 1945.

Who reads contemporary American poetry? More people than were reading new poetry in the 1920s, von Hallberg shows. How do poets respond to the public preoccupations of their readers? Often with...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0674030125

ISBN13:9780674030121

Release Date:October 1988

Publisher:Harvard University Press

Length:288 Pages

Weight:0.99 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 6.0" x 9.3"

Related Subjects

American Literature Criticism & Theory History & Criticism Literary Criticism Literary Criticism & Collections Literature Literature & Fiction Modern (16th-21st Centuries) Movements & Periods Poetry

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