Poet-Critics and the Administration of Culture

Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, Poetry History & Criticism, American
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Author: Evan Kindley ISBN: 9780674981638
Publisher: Harvard University Press Publication: September 18, 2017
Imprint: Harvard University Press Language: English
Author: Evan Kindley
ISBN: 9780674981638
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication: September 18, 2017
Imprint: Harvard University Press
Language: English

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.

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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.

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