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Nations of nothing but poetry

Hart, Matthew (Assistant professor of English and comparative literature)

Nations of nothing but poetry modernism, transnationalism, and synthetic vernacular writing / [electronic resource] : Matthew Hart. - New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2010. - 1 online resource (xiv, 240 p.). - Modernist literature & culture . - Modernist literature & culture. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

What happens when poets combine vernacular language with the spirit of modernity? Can a poem be cosmopolitanism and vernacular at the same time? This book answers these questions through case studies of Scottish, English, and 'Black Atlantic' poetries from the landmark modernist year of 1922 through the mid 1970s.

9780199776191 (ebook) : No price


English poetry--History and criticism.--20th century
American poetry--History and criticism.--20th century
Poetry, Modern--History and criticism.--20th century
Modernism (Literature)--English-speaking countries.
Postcolonialism in literature.
Transnationalism in literature.

PR605.M63

821.9109114