Modern American poetry

Hauptbeschreibung How to read - and how to teach poetry? The present volume on ''Modern American Poetry'' assembles ten essays that distill and share tips, facts, arguments, interpretations, and techniques that a number of German and American scholars believe to be helpful when reading and teaching American poetry. The essays introduce topics such as the poetry of war and postmodern poetic experimentation, dwell on teaching Emily Dickinson, Gertrude Stein, and Frank O''Hara, and relate the experiences of translating texts by the African American poet June Jordan in the classroom. Imagism and c