Fictions of Form in American Poetry

by Stephen Cushman

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In the 1830s Alexis de Tocqueville prophesied that American writers would slight, even despise, form--that they would favor the sensational over rational order. He suggested that this attitude was linked to a distinct concept of democracy in America. Exposing the inaccuracies of such claims when applied to poetry, Stephen Cushman maintains that American poets tend to overvalue the formal aspects of their art and in turn overestimate the relationship...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0691069638

ISBN13:9780691069630

Release Date:July 1993

Publisher:Princeton University Press

Length:236 Pages

Weight:1.15 lbs.

Dimensions:0.9" x 7.8" x 10.0"

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