American Poet Laureate - A History of U.s. Poetry and the State

The American Poet Laureate shows how the state has been the silent center of poetic production in the United States since World War II. It is the first history of the national poetry office, the U.S. poet laureate.

List of contents

Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. State Verse Scandals: The Bollingen Affair and Postwar Poets at the Library of Congress, 1945–1956
2. Inaugurating National Poetry: Robert Frost and Cold War Arts, 1956–1965
3. The Politics of Voice: The Poet-Critic, the Creative Writer, and the Poet Laureate, 1965–1990
4. Civil Versus Civic Verse: National Projects of U.S. Poets Laureate, 1990–2022
Epilogue: “An Invisible Berlin Wall”—the Cold War, the U.S. Inaugural Poem, and the Future of State Verse
Appendix I: Occupants of the U.S. National Poetry Office
Appendix II: Fellows in American Letters at the Library of Congress
Appendix III: U.S. Inaugural Poets
Notes
Bibliography
Index

About the author

Amy Paeth is a lecturer in critical writing at the University of Pennsylvania, teaching courses in literature, writing, and cultural studies.

Summary

The American Poet Laureate shows how the state has been the silent center of poetic production in the United States since World War II. It is the first history of the national poetry office, the U.S. poet laureate.

Product details

• Authors: Amy Paeth
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 16.05.2023
• EAN: 9780231194396
• ISBN: 978-0-231-19439-6
• No. of pages: 328
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; USA, English, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry, Society & culture: general, LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / National, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 21st Century, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, Literary studies: poetry & poets, United States of America, USA, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Society and culture: general, Central / national / federal government policies, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Literary studies: poetry and poets, Central government policies, Literary studies: from c 2000, literary criticism; poetry