Everyday reading
Subtitle: poetry and popular culture in modern America
By: Mike Chasar
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 302
ISBN-13: 9780231158640; 9780231158657; 9780231530774
Subjects: Public opinion; American poetry; Literature and society; Poetics; History and criticism; Poetry; History
Description: "Exploring poetry scrapbooks, old-time radio show recording, advertising verse, corporate archives, and Hallmark greeting cards, among other unconventional sources, Mike Chasar casts American poetry as an everyday phenomenon consumed and created by a vast range of readers." -- Back cover
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: poetry and popular culture; title: Saving poetry; title: Invisible audiences; title: The business of rhyming; title: The spin doctor; title: Popular poetry and the program era; title: Epilogue: In memoriam.