The modern poet : poetry, academia, and knowledge since the 1750s / Robert Crawford.
The modern poet : poetry, academia, and knowledge since the 1750s / Robert Crawford.
The modern poet : poetry, academia, and knowledge since the 1750s / Robert Crawford.
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Publisher
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2001.
Date
2001.
Call Numbers
N809.1/69
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Language
English
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Physical content
vi, 296 p. ; 23 cm.
Contents
1. The Birth of the Modern Poet -- 2. Acts of Judgement: Making a National Body of Poetry -- 3. Scholar-Gypsies -- 4. Modernist Cybernetics and the Poetry of Knowledge -- 5. Men, Women, and American Classrooms -- Coda: The Poet's Work.
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Publisher
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2001.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
2001.
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Summary
"Addressed to all readers of poetry, this is a wide-ranging book about the poet's role throughout the last three centuries. It argues that a conception of the poet as both primitive and sophisticated emerged in the 1750s. Encouraged by the classroom when English literary works began to be studied in universities, this view continues to shape our ow...
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The modern poet : poetry, academia, and knowledge since the 1750s / Robert Crawford.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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N809.1/69
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74VvbXWBAMRZ
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvbXWBAMRZ
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ISBN
0198186770
9780198186779
DDC
809.1
821.009
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991014858549702626
