Songs of ourselves : the uses of poetry in America / Joan Shelley Rubin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rubin, Joan Shelley, 1947-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Oral interpretation of poetry--United States.

Oral interpretation of poetry.

American literature--Appreciation--United States.

American literature.

Poetry--Public opinion.

Poetry.

Public opinion--United States.

Public opinion.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (488 p. ) ill.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, MA ; London : Belknap, c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In a strikingly original and rich portrait of the uses of verse in America, Rubin shows how the sites and practices of reciting poetry influenced readers' lives and helped them to find meaning in a poet's words. By blurring the boundaries between "high" and "popular" poetry as well as between modern and traditional, it creates a fuller, more democratic way of studying our poetic language and ourselves.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Acknowledgments

Contents

Illustrations

Introduction

PART I. THE POET IN AMERICAN CULTURE

PART II. POETRY IN PLACE AND PRACTICE

Coda "Favorite" Poems and Contemporary Readers

Notes

Index

Notes:

Originally published: 2007.

Includes bibliograhical references and index.

ISBN:

9780674042964

0674042964

OCLC:

1049628817