The degenerate muse : American nature, modernist poetry, and the problem of cultural hygiene / Robin G. Schulze.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schulze, Robin G., 1961-

Series:

Modernist literature & culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Pound, Ezra, 1885-1972.

Moore, Marianne, 1887-1972.

Monroe, Harriet, 1860-1936.

American poetry--20th century--History and criticism.

American poetry.

Modernism (Literature)--United States.

Modernism (Literature).

Nature and civilization.

Criticism and interpretation.

United States.

Monroe, Harriet, 1860-1936--Criticism and interpretation.

Monroe, Harriet.

Moore, Marianne, 1887-1972--Criticism and interpretation.

Moore, Marianne.

Pound, Ezra, 1885-1972--Criticism and interpretation.

Pound, Ezra.

Nature in literature.

Degeneration in literature.

Nature and civilization--United States.

Physical Description:

xvi, 309 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Other Title:

American nature, modernist poetry, and the problem of cultural hygiene

Place of Publication:

New York : Oxford University Press, [2013]

Summary:

Modernist Literature & Culture Seeking out the best new interdisciplinary work, this series explores the cultural bearings of literary modernism across multiple fields, geographies, symbolic forms, and media. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Nature Study, Degeneration, and the Problem of Poetry 39

2 Harriet Monroe's Pioneer Modernism 68

3 Ezra Pound and the Poetics of Hygiene 110

4 Marianne Moore, Degeneration, and Domestication 161

5 Marianne Moore, Nature, and National Health 205.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780199920327

019992032X

9780199920334

0199920338

OCLC:

809249948