Dlb 48

American Poets, 1880 to 1945, Second Series

488 Seiten, Hardcover

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

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.

• ISBN: 9780810317260
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 19.06.1986
• Größe: 287 x 209 mm
• Verlag: Gale
• Herausgegeben von: Peter Quartermain