The Resource History, memory, and the literary left : modern American poetry, 1935-1968, by John Lowney
History, memory, and the literary left : modern American poetry, 1935-1968, by John Lowney
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- Summary
- "In this nuanced revisionist history of modern American poetry, John Lowney investigates the Depression era's impact on late modernist American poetry from the socioeconomic crisis of the 1930s through the emergence of the new social movements of the 1960s. Informed by an ongoing scholarly reconsideration of 1930s American culture and concentrating on Left writers whose historical consciousness was profoundly shaped by the Depression, World War II, and the Cold War, Lowney articulates the Left's challenges to national collective memory and redefines the importance of late modernism in American literary history. The late modernist writers Lowney studies most closely-Muriel Rukeyser, Elizabeth Bishop, Langston Hughes, Gwendolyn Brooks, Thomas McGrath, and George Oppen-are not all customarily associated with the 1930s, nor are they commonly seen as literary peers. By examining these late modernist writers comparatively, Lowney foregrounds differences of gender and sexuality, race and ethnicity, and social class and region while emphasizing how each writer developed poetic forms that responded to the cultural politics and socioaesthetic debates of the 1930s. In so doing he calls into question the boundaries that have limited the scholarly dialogue about modern poetry. No other study of American poetry has considered the particular gathering of careers that Lowney considers. As poets whose collective historical consciousness was profoundly shaped by the turmoil of the Depression and war years and the Cold War's repression or rewriting of history, their diverse talents represent a distinct generational impact on U.S. and international literary history." http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0666/2006044519-d.html
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xii, 287 pages).
- Contents
-
- The janitor's poems of every day: American poetry and the 1930's
- Buried history: the popular front poetics of Muriel Rukeyser's The book of the dead
- Allegories of salvage: the peripheral vision of Elizabeth Bishop's North & South
- Harlem Disc-tortions: the jazz memory of Langston Hughes's Montage of a dream deferred
- A reportage and Redemption: the poetics of African American countermemory in Gwendolyn Brook's In the Mecca
- A metamorphic palimpsest: the underground memory of Thomas McGrath's Letter to an imaginary friend
- The spectre of the 1930s: George Oppen's Of being numerous and historical amnesia
- Isbn
- 9781587297335
- Label
- History, memory, and the literary left : modern American poetry, 1935-1968
- Title
- History, memory, and the literary left
- Title remainder
- modern American poetry, 1935-1968
- Statement of responsibility
- by John Lowney
- Subject
-
- 1900-1999
- American poetry
- American poetry -- 20th century -- History and criticism
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Depressions
- Depressions -- 1929 -- United States
- Die Linke
- Electronic book
- Electronic books
- Geschichte 1935-1968
- HISTORY -- United States -- 20th Century
- History
- LITERARY CRITICISM -- Poetry
- Lyrik
- Moderne
- Poets, American -- 20th century -- Political and social views
- Poets, American -- Political and social views
- Politics and literature
- Politics and literature -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Right and left (Political science) in literature
- Right and left (Political science) in literature
- USA
- United States
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "In this nuanced revisionist history of modern American poetry, John Lowney investigates the Depression era's impact on late modernist American poetry from the socioeconomic crisis of the 1930s through the emergence of the new social movements of the 1960s. Informed by an ongoing scholarly reconsideration of 1930s American culture and concentrating on Left writers whose historical consciousness was profoundly shaped by the Depression, World War II, and the Cold War, Lowney articulates the Left's challenges to national collective memory and redefines the importance of late modernism in American literary history. The late modernist writers Lowney studies most closely-Muriel Rukeyser, Elizabeth Bishop, Langston Hughes, Gwendolyn Brooks, Thomas McGrath, and George Oppen-are not all customarily associated with the 1930s, nor are they commonly seen as literary peers. By examining these late modernist writers comparatively, Lowney foregrounds differences of gender and sexuality, race and ethnicity, and social class and region while emphasizing how each writer developed poetic forms that responded to the cultural politics and socioaesthetic debates of the 1930s. In so doing he calls into question the boundaries that have limited the scholarly dialogue about modern poetry. No other study of American poetry has considered the particular gathering of careers that Lowney considers. As poets whose collective historical consciousness was profoundly shaped by the turmoil of the Depression and war years and the Cold War's repression or rewriting of history, their diverse talents represent a distinct generational impact on U.S. and international literary history." http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0666/2006044519-d.html
- Action
- digitized
- Cataloging source
- OCLCE
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1957-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Lowney, John
- Dewey number
- 811/.509358
- Government publication
- government publication of a state province territory dependency etc
- Index
- index present
- Language note
- English
- LC call number
- PS310.P6
- LC item number
- L68 2006
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
-
- dictionaries
- bibliography
- Series statement
- Contemporary North American poetry series
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- American poetry
- Right and left (Political science) in literature
- Politics and literature
- Poets, American
- Depressions
- LITERARY CRITICISM
- HISTORY
- American poetry
- Depressions
- Poets, American
- Politics and literature
- Right and left (Political science) in literature
- United States
- Lyrik
- Moderne
- Die Linke
- USA
- Label
- History, memory, and the literary left : modern American poetry, 1935-1968, by John Lowney
- Antecedent source
- file reproduced from original
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-277) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- The janitor's poems of every day: American poetry and the 1930's -- Buried history: the popular front poetics of Muriel Rukeyser's The book of the dead -- Allegories of salvage: the peripheral vision of Elizabeth Bishop's North & South -- Harlem Disc-tortions: the jazz memory of Langston Hughes's Montage of a dream deferred -- A reportage and Redemption: the poetics of African American countermemory in Gwendolyn Brook's In the Mecca -- A metamorphic palimpsest: the underground memory of Thomas McGrath's Letter to an imaginary friend -- The spectre of the 1930s: George Oppen's Of being numerous and historical amnesia
- Control code
- 658122105
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xii, 287 pages).
- File format
- one file format
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781587297335
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 22573/ctt20m5wm5
- Reproduction note
- Electronic reproduction.
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)658122105
- System details
- Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
- Label
- History, memory, and the literary left : modern American poetry, 1935-1968, by John Lowney
- Antecedent source
- file reproduced from original
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-277) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- The janitor's poems of every day: American poetry and the 1930's -- Buried history: the popular front poetics of Muriel Rukeyser's The book of the dead -- Allegories of salvage: the peripheral vision of Elizabeth Bishop's North & South -- Harlem Disc-tortions: the jazz memory of Langston Hughes's Montage of a dream deferred -- A reportage and Redemption: the poetics of African American countermemory in Gwendolyn Brook's In the Mecca -- A metamorphic palimpsest: the underground memory of Thomas McGrath's Letter to an imaginary friend -- The spectre of the 1930s: George Oppen's Of being numerous and historical amnesia
- Control code
- 658122105
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xii, 287 pages).
- File format
- one file format
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781587297335
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- 22573/ctt20m5wm5
- Reproduction note
- Electronic reproduction.
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)658122105
- System details
- Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Subject
- 1900-1999
- American poetry
- American poetry -- 20th century -- History and criticism
- Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Depressions
- Depressions -- 1929 -- United States
- Die Linke
- Electronic book
- Electronic books
- Geschichte 1935-1968
- HISTORY -- United States -- 20th Century
- History
- LITERARY CRITICISM -- Poetry
- Lyrik
- Moderne
- Poets, American -- 20th century -- Political and social views
- Poets, American -- Political and social views
- Politics and literature
- Politics and literature -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Right and left (Political science) in literature
- Right and left (Political science) in literature
- USA
- United States
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