A Coherent Splendor: The American Poetic Renaissance, 1910-1950

Gelpi, Albert

ISBN 10: 0521345332 / ISBN 13: 9780521345330

Published by Cambridge University Press, 1988

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Tracing the emergence of American Modernist poetry as a reaction to and outgrowth of the Romantic ideology of the 19th century, this work looks at the generation of poets who came to maturity in the First World War years, whose work constitute the principal body of poetic Modernism. Num Pages: 496 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JJ; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 32. Weight in Grams: 900. . 1988. hardcover. . . . .

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Coherent Splendor: The American Poetic Renaissance, 1910-1950
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication Date: 1988
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521345332
• ISBN 13: 9780521345330
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

In this book Professor Gelpi traces the emergence of American Modernist poetry as a reaction to, and outgrowth of, the Romantic ideology of the nineteenth century. He focuses on the remarkable generation of poets who came to maturity in the years of the First World War and whose works constitute the principal body of poetic Modernism in English. This large historical argument is developed through monographic chapters on the poets which include close readings of their major poems. Comprehensive in scope and subtle in its analysis, Gelpi's book promises to be one of the major studies of American poetry for years to come.

Book Description

Focusing on the poets who came into maturity during the First World War, the emergence of American Modernist poetry is traced as a reaction to and outgrowth of the Romantic ideology of the nineteenth century.