Songs of Ourselves
The Uses of Poetry in America
Lieferzeit: Besorgungstitel - Lieferbar innerhalb von 10 Werktagen I
33,69 €*
Alle Preise inkl. MwSt. | Versandkostenfrei
Gewicht:
612 g
Format:
221x137x33 mm
Beschreibung:
Rubin shows how the sites and practices of reciting poetry influenced American readers¿ lives and helped them to find meaning in a poet¿s words. By blurring boundaries between ¿high¿ and ¿popular¿ poetry, and between modern and traditional, Rubin reveals a fuller, more democratic way of studying our poetic language and ourselves.
Rubin shows how the sites and practices of reciting poetry influenced American readers’ lives and helped them to find meaning in a poet’s words. By blurring boundaries between “high†and “popular†poetry, and between modern and traditional, Rubin reveals a fuller, more democratic way of studying our poetic language and ourselves.
Introduction Part I. The Poet in American Culture *1. Seer and Sage *2. Amateur and Professional *3. Absence and Presence *4. Sophisticate and Innocent *5. Celebrity and Cipher *6. Alien and Intimate Part II. Poetry in Place and Practice *7. Listen, My Children: Modes of Poetry Reading in American Schools *8. I Am an American: Poetry and Civic Ideals *9. Grow Old Along with Me: Poetry and Emotions among Family and Friends *10. God's in His Heaven: Religious Uses of Verse *11. Lovely as a Tree: Reading and Seeing Out-of-Doors * Coda: "Favorite Poems" and Contemporary Readers * Notes * Index