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Reading a century of American poetry through the prism of short form, this book analyses the centrality of an aesthetic of brevity to American modernist verse.

Title Short form American poetry : the modernist tradition / Will Montgomery. [electronic resource]
Publisher Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press
Creation Date 2020
Notes Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 21 Sep 2020).
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Content Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. Ezra Pound, H.D. and Imagism -- 2. William Carlos Williams -- 3. George Oppen -- 4. Lorine Niedecker -- 5. Robert Creeley -- 6. Larry Eigner -- 7. Robert Grenier -- 8. Rae Armantrout -- Coda -- Bibliography -- Index
Series Edinburgh scholarship online
Extent 1 online resource (vii, 225 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
Language English
National Library system number 997012634567205171
MARC RECORDS
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