The Gospel of Beauty in the Progressive Era [electronic resource] : Reforming American Verse and Values /
Szefel, L.author.
Szefel investigates the use of poetry in addressing political reform at the turn of the twentieth century. It charts the work of poets and editors - many of whom were women and minorities - who created a network of organizations to nurture writers who addressed the problems wrought by Progressive-era capitalism.
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Cover; Titlepage; Copyright; Contents; List of Illustrations; A Note on the Text; Acknowledgments; List of Abbreviations; Introduction; 1 Genteel Designs, Modern Renovations: Poetics and the Poetic Community from Hearth to Dynamo; 2 Reforming Verse, Uplifting Society: The Labor Theory of Poetic Value; 3 Curating a Community, Engineering a Renaissance: A New Infrastructure for the "New Beauty"; 4 Rescripting Gender Codes, Redrawing the Color Line: Anthologies and the Dream of Aesthetic Universalism; 5 Paring Words, Crafting Images: The Economy of Authorship in the Literary Marketplace
6 Romantic Individualism, Radical Politics: Lyric Solidarity in Peace and WarEpilogue; Notes; Index
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Szefel investigates the use of poetry in addressing political reform at the turn of the twentieth century. It charts the work of poets and editors - many of whom were women and minorities - who created a network of organizations to nurture writers who addressed the problems wrought by Progressive-era capitalism.
America—Literatures.
Literature, Modern—20th century.
America—History.
Social history.
United States—History.
History, Modern.
North American Literature.
Twentieth-Century Literature.
History of the Americas.
Social History.
US History.
Modern History.