The Social Lives of Poems in Nineteenth-Century America /

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Poetry occupied a complex position in the social life of nineteenth-century America. While some readers found in poems a resource for aesthetic pleasure and the enjoyment of linguistic complexity, many others turned to poems for spiritual and psychic wellbeing, adapted popular musical settings of po...

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Autor principal: Cohen, Michael C. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2015]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
American Literature.
Languages & Literatures.
English.
Poetry > Social aspects.
Literature and society.
Books and reading > Social aspects.
American poetry.
LITERARY CRITICISM > American > General.
Poesie americaine > 19e siecle > Histoire et critique.
Litterature et societe > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siecle.
Livres et lecture > Aspect social > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siecle.
American poetry > 19th century > History and criticism.
Poetry > Social aspects > United States > History > 19th century.
Literature and society > United States > History > 19th century.
Books and reading > Social aspects > United States > History > 19th century.
United States.
History.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Introduction. How to Read a Nineteenth-Century Poem
  • Chapter 1. Balladmongering and Social Life
  • Chapter 2. Th e Poetics of Reform
  • Chapter 3. Contraband Songs
  • Chapter 4. Old Ballads and New Histories
  • Chapter 5. The Reconstruction of American Poetry
  • Chapter 6. The Minstrels' Trail
  • Notes
  • Index
  • Acknowledgments.

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