Songs of ourselves : the uses of poetry in America /

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"In the years between 1880 and 1950, Americans recited poetry at family gatherings, school assemblies, church services, camp outings, and civic affairs. As they did so, they invested poems--and the figure of the poet--with the beliefs, values, and emotions that they encountered in those setting...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Rubin, Joan Shelley, 1947-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, ©2007.
Temas:
Oral interpretation of poetry.
American literature > Appreciation > United States.
Poetry > Public opinion.
Public opinion > United States.
Poésie > Lecture publique.
Littérature américaine > Appréciation > États-Unis.
Poésie > Opinion publique.
Opinion publique > États-Unis.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Poetry.
HISTORY > Social History.
American literature > Appreciation.
Public opinion.
Lyrik
Lesen > (Leser) > Lyrik > amerikanische > Geschichte 20. Jh.
Lyrik > amerikanische > Lesen (Leser) > Geschichte 20. Jh.
Lesen > (Leser) > Lyrik > amerikanische > Geschichte 19. Jh.
Lyrik > amerikanische > Lesen (Leser) > Geschichte 19. Jh.
United States.
Poetry.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Seer and sage
  • Amateur and professional
  • Absence and presence
  • Sophisticate and innocent
  • Celebrity and cipher
  • Alien and intimate
  • Listen, my children: modes of poetry reading in American schools
  • I am an American: poetry and civic ideals
  • Grow old along with me: poetry and emotions among family and friends
  • God's in his heaven: religious uses of verse
  • Lovely as a tree: reading and seeing out-of-doors
  • Coda "favorite" poems and contemporary readers.

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