American Poetry and Culture, 1945-1980

by Robert Von Hallberg

Book Overview

Challenging the common perception of poets as standing apart from the mainstream of American culture, Robert von Hallberg gives us a fresh and unpredictable assessment of the poetry that has come directly out of the American experience since 1945.

Who reads contemporary American poetry? More people than were reading new poetry in the 1920s, von Hallberg shows. How do poets respond to the public preoccupations of their readers? Often with...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674030125
• ISBN13: 9780674030121
• Release Date: October 1988
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.99 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.3"