Part of the Climate - American Cubist Poetry

"Scholars of modernism will welcome both the availability of these works and the striking new insights Brogan pr ovides. . . . The organization of the book—part scholarly study, part sampler—is unique, and could provide a model for discussions of other periods of literary history."—Fred Moramarco, San Diego State University

About the author

Jacqueline Vaught Brogan is Associate Professor of English at the University of Notre Dame and the author of Stevens and Simile: A Theory of Language.

Summary

Redefines American modernist poetry in light of developments in modern painting, particularly cubism. This work places the poetry of well-known modernists such as Pound, Eliot, and Williams alongside the harder-to-find work of important experimentalists such as Mina Loy, Louis Zukofsky, Gertrude Stein, and George Oppen.

Product details

• Authors: Jacqueline Vaught Brogan
• Publisher: University Of California Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.08.1991
• EAN: 9780520068483
• ISBN: 978-0-520-06848-3
• No. of pages: 290
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama > Poetry; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; USA, POETRY / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry, LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 20th Century, American English, Literary studies: poetry & poets, Poetry by individual poets, United States of America, USA, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, Literary studies: poetry and poets