American Poetry

Name: American Poetry
ISBN: 9780190640224

David Caplan

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A leading critic explains what makes American poetry—a vast genre covering diverse styles, techniques, and form—distinctive. In this short and engaging volume, David Caplan proposes a new theory of American poetry. With lively writing and illuminating examples, Caplan argues that two characteristics mark the vast, contentious literature. On the one hand, several of America's major poets and critics claim that America needs a poetry equal to the country's distinctiveness. They advocate for novelty and for a break with what is perceived to be outmoded and foreign. On the other hand, American poetry welcomes techniques, styles, and traditions that originate from far beyond its borders. The force of these two competing characteristics, American poetry's emphasis on its uniqueness and its transnationalism, drives both individual accomplishment and the broader field. These two characteristic features energize American poetry, quickening its development into...

Kategori:

Poetry - American Poetry

Tahun:

2021

Penerbit:

Oxford University Press

Bahasa:

english

ISBN 10:

0190640227

ISBN 13:

9780190640224