| Dlb 48: American Poets, 1880 to 1945, Second Series Contributor(s): Quartermain, Peter (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0810317265 ISBN-13: 9780810317260 Publisher: Gale Cengage OUR PRICE: $453.86 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 1986 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Literary Figures - Poetry | American - General - Literary Criticism | Reference |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 86007550 |
| Series: Dictionary of Literary Biography |
| Physical Information: 1.23" H x 8.22" W x 11.3" (2.90 lbs) 488 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The history of American writing (and especially poetry) in the twentieth century can be read as the history of a language gradually acquiring native speakers, when there were none before, states this DLB volumes foreword. This second-of-three series profiles 47 American poets who helped to define the cultural language of the nation as it struggled to secure an active role in world affairs. 47 entries include: Kay Boyle, Sterling Brown, Stanley Burnshaw, e.e. Cummings, Edward Dahlberg, Langston Hughes, Stanley Kunitz, James Laughlin, Thomas Merton, Frederic Prokosch, Evelyn Scott, Jesse Stuart and Robert Penn Warren. |