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It has been said that we are passing through a renaissance of poetry. No longer does the cartoonist of the popular comic or timely satire picture the long haired individual with his ream of spring verse be neath his arm, a moth-eaten object for the pity of sane beings. He's as obsolete as the Dodo, save per haps in the sacred and, thank God, limited circles of Greenwich Village, Island of Manhattan.
Today the poet has come into his own. He receives a fair price for his lines and has forced the publisher out of his traditional rut with gasps of amazement that a book of verse could be listed as a best seller.
From both artistic and commercial standpoints con temporary American poetry has achieved much. Sara Teasdale phrases it, Contemporary American poetry has proved that this chaotic, various, intensely young, masculine country of ours is producing the best poetry that is being written in English today. I think that this has been true for only a few years but I believe it is true at this time and will continue to be so. It is about these men and women, practical purveyors of a necessary food, that this book is written.
Nowadays, instead of going abroad for many things, we look for them within our own borders. With Sara Teasdale, I agree that America today is produc ing poetry, some of it as fine as has been inspired by the World War.
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Paperback. Condition: New. Print on Demand. This book offers an in-depth examination of American poetry as it evolved during the early 20th century. Featuring a selection of poems from some of the era's most influential figures such as Vachel Lindsay, Edgar Lee Masters, and Edwin Arlington Robinson, the book analyzes both individual styles and the larger literary landscape of the time. It explores the poets' shared experiences of the World War era as well as their unique contributions to the development of American poetry. This book is an essential guide to a period of great innovation in American literature, when poets sought to break free from established forms and explore new possibilities of expression. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item. Seller Inventory # 9781333323615_0
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