Fictions of form in american poetry
Auteur :
Cushman, Stephen
Éditeur :
Princeton University Press
ISBN :
9780691602035
Date de publication :
14 juil. 2014
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 cm
Poids :
312 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
In the 1830s Alexis de Tocqueville prophesied that American writers would slight, even despise, form--that they would favor the sensational over rational order. He suggested that this attitude was linked to a distinct concept of democracy in America. Exposing the inaccuracies of such claims when applied to poetry, Stephen Cushman maintains that Ame