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The colonial moment : discoveries and settlements in modern American poetry

Title
The colonial moment : discoveries and settlements in modern American poetry / Jeffrey W. Westover.
Author
Westover, Jeffrey W.
Publication
DeKalb : Northern Illinois University Press, c2004.

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Description
237 p.; 24 cm.
Subject
  • American poetry > 20th century > History and criticism
  • Colonies in literature
  • Nationalism and literature > United States > History > 20th century
  • Postcolonialism in literature
  • Imperialism in literature
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [215]-225) and index.
Contents
Introduction : discoveries and settlements in modern American poetry -- Marianne Moore's geography of origins -- Nation and enunciation in the work of William Carlos Williams -- National forgetting and remembering in the poetry of Robert Frost -- Empire and America in the poetry of Hart Crane -- Fragmentation and diaspora in the work of Langston Hughes -- Epilogue : "We the People" in an imperial republic.
Call Number
JFE 04-13445
ISBN
0875803253 (acid-free paper)
LCCN
2003027082
OCLC
53953765
Author
Westover, Jeffrey W.
Title
The colonial moment : discoveries and settlements in modern American poetry / Jeffrey W. Westover.
Imprint
DeKalb : Northern Illinois University Press, c2004.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [215]-225) and index.
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JFE 04-13445
Sc E 05-257
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