TY - GEN N2 - 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. DO - 10.4159/9780674042964 DO - doi AB - 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. T1 - Songs of Ourselves :The Uses of Poetry in America / AU - Rubin, Joan Shelley, JF - HUP eBook Package Backlist 2000-2013 JF - HUP eBook Package Backlist 2000-2014 JF - HUP eBook Package Backlist 2000-2015 CN - PS323.5 -- R82 2007eb LA - eng LA - In English. ID - 1478692 KW - American literature KW - Oral interpretation of poetry KW - Poetry KW - Public opinion KW - Lyrik KW - HISTORY / Social History. SN - 9780674042964 TI - Songs of Ourselves :The Uses of Poetry in America / LK - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780674042964 UR - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780674042964 ER -