Songs of Ourselves: The Uses of Poetry in America

by Joan Rubin

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Listen to a short interview with Joan Shelley RubinHost: Chris Gondek Producer: Heron & Crane

In the years between 1880 and 1950, Americans recited poetry at family gatherings, school assemblies, church services, camp outings, and civic affairs. As they did so, they invested poems--and the figure of the poet--with the beliefs, values, and emotions that they experienced in those settings.

Reciting a poem together with others joined...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0674035127

ISBN13:9780674035126

Release Date:March 2010

Publisher:Belknap Press

Length:488 Pages

Weight:0.60 lbs.

Dimensions:1.3" x 5.4" x 8.7"

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