American experimental poetry and democratic thought
Marshall, AlanAuthor
Oxford : Oxford University Press,
c2009.
Alan Marshall examines the nature of democratic thought and expression in American experimental poetry, from Walt Whitman in the mid-19th century to George Oppen and Frank O'Hara in the mid-late 20th.
Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
Alan Marshall examines the nature of democratic thought and expression in American experimental poetry, from Walt Whitman in the mid-19th century to George Oppen and Frank O'Hara in the mid-late 20th.
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Includes bibliographical references.
The flag of his disposition: Whitman's posture -- The poet in the dark: Ezra Pound, an Arendtian perspective -- 'I am alive--because/I do not own a house': Emily Dickinson, Mina Loy, and Lorine Niedecker -- Williams Stevens Williams, continuing revolution -- Robert Creeley's lonely crowd -- 'Ferocious mumbling in public': George Oppen -- Conclusion, 'Your marvellous appearances': Frank O'Hara.
Experimental poetry, American
Democracy in literature
Politics and literature
American Literature
English
Languages & Literatures