Words to measure a war
Subtitle: nine American poets of World War II
By: David K. Vaughan.
Publisher: McFarland & Company
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Jefferson, NC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 196
ISBN-13: 9780786443062
Subjects: American poetry -- 20th century -- History and criticism; World War, 1939-1945 -- United States -- Literature and the war; Soldier's writings, American -- History and criticism; War poetry, American -- History and criticism; Poets, American -- 20th century -- Biography; Soldiers -- United States -- Biography
Genres: Biography
Description: "This study compares the efforts of those men who had established themselves as poets prior to or during the war (Karl Shapiro, Randall Jarrell, John Ciardi, and William Meredith) with those whose poetic careers developed after the war ended (Louis Simpson, James Dickey, Richard Hugo, Howard Nemerov, and Lincoln Kirstein)"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Karl Shapiro, U.S. Army; title: Randall Jarrell, U.S. Army Air Forces; title: John Ciardi, U.S. Army Air Forces; title: William Meredith, U.S. Navy; title: Howard nemerov, U.S. Army Air Forces; title: Louis Simpson, U.S. Army; title: JamesDickey, U.S. Army Air Forces; title: Richard Hugo, U.S. Army Air Forces; title: Lincoln Kirstein, U.S. Army.