Poet-Critics and the Administration of Culture
Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, Poetry History & Criticism, American
| 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.
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.
