Muriel Rukeyser and Documentary : : The Poetics of Connection / / Catherine Gander.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Edinburgh University Press Backlist eBook-Package 2013-2000
• VerfasserIn: Gander, Catherine,
• Place / Publishing House: Edinburgh : : Edinburgh University Press, , [2022]; ©2013
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (256 p.) :; 12 B/W illustrations
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Acknowledgements --; Chapter 1 Introduction --; Chapter 2 The Photo-text --; Chapter 3 The Lives --; Chapter 4 Documentary and the Emergence of American Studies --; Chapter 5 Landscape, Navigation and Cartography --; Chapter 6 Conclusion --; Appendix: illustrations --; Sources Cited --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780748670543; 9783110780468
• DOI: 10.1515/9780748670543
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Catherine Gander.

Provides a new perspective on the documentary diversity of Muriel Rukeyser’s work and influencesWinner of the inaugural Peggy O'Brien Book Prize of the Irish Association for American Studies (IAAS)GBS_insertPreviewButtonPopup(['ISBN:9780748670536','ISBN:9780748670543']);This study of twentieth-century American poet Muriel Rukeyser explores the multiple avenues of her ‘poetics of connection’ to reveal a profound engagement with the equally intertextual documentary genre. It examines previously overlooked photo narratives, poetry, prose and archival material and demonstrates an enduring dialogue between the poet’s relational aesthetics and documentary’s similarly interdisciplinary and creative approach to the world. By considering the sources of documentary in Rukeyser’s work, the study provides insight into her guiding poetic principles, situating her as a vital figure in the history of twentieth-century American literature and culture, and as a pioneering personality in the development of American Studies.Key Features Provides a new, interdisciplinary perspective on a critically neglected author, situating her firmly within the canon of essential 20th century American poetsExamines previously overlooked material, including photo narratives, poetry, prose, and archival materialHighlights Rukeyser’s role in the formation of American StudiesOutlines the development of documentary in the 1930s, and its role in the formation of an American literary and cultural aesthetic"