@article{1478692, author = {Rubin, Joan Shelley,}, url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/1478692}, title = {Songs of Ourselves : The Uses of Poetry in America /}, abstract = {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.}, doi = {https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674042964}, recid = {1478692}, pages = {1 online resource}, }