The American Poet at the Movies: A Critical History

by Laurence Goldstein

Book Overview

The American Poet at the Movies: A Critical History presents a series of case studies that shows how poets perceived the new technology of cinema as a rival threatening to their prestige, but also as a sister art deserving of encouragement. Each chapter places a key poem at the center and takes up the issues arising from the engagement of these two art forms, such as the poets' mixed feelings about living in a national culture dominated by visual...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0472105086
• ISBN13: 9780472105083
• Release Date: July 1994
• Publisher: University of Michigan Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.3"