Poet-Critics and the Administration of Culture / / Evan Kindley.
After the 1929 crash, Anglo-American poet-critics grappled with the task of legitimizing literature for public funding and consumption. Modernism, Evan Kindley shows, created a new form of labor for writers to perform and gave them unprecedented say over the administration of culture, with consequen...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Harvard University Press Complete eBook-Package 2017 |
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Place / Publishing House: | Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2018] ©2017 |
Year of Publication: | 2018 |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (176 p.) |
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Other title: | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction: Village Explainers -- 1. Imperfect Poet-Critics -- 2. Picking and Choosing -- 3. Student Bodies -- 4. Interrupting the Muse -- 5. The Foundations of Criticism -- Conclusion: With the Program -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index |
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Summary: | After the 1929 crash, Anglo-American poet-critics grappled with the task of legitimizing literature for public funding and consumption. Modernism, Evan Kindley shows, created a new form of labor for writers to perform and gave them unprecedented say over the administration of culture, with consequences for poetry’s role in society still felt today. |
Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9780674981621 9783110543315 |
DOI: | 10.4159/9780674981621 |
Access: | restricted access |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | Evan Kindley. |