Nations of nothing but poetry [electronic resource] : modernism, transnationalism, and synthetic vernacular writing /
by Hart, Matthew, Ph.D.
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BookSeries: Modernist literature & culture: Publisher: New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2010Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 240 p.).ISBN: 9780199776191 (ebook) :.Subject(s): English poetry -- 20th century -- History and criticism | American poetry -- 20th century -- History and criticism | Poetry, Modern -- 20th century -- History and criticism | Modernism (Literature) -- English-speaking countries | Postcolonialism in literature | Transnationalism in literatureOnline resources: Oxford scholarship online Summary: 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.
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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.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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