Whitman, Melville, Crane, and the labors of American poetry : against vocation / Peter Riley.
2019
PS321
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Title
Whitman, Melville, Crane, and the labors of American poetry : against vocation / Peter Riley.
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Edition
First edition.
ISBN
9780191878237 (electronic book)
Published
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2019.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource : illustrations.
Call Number
PS321
Dewey Decimal Classification
811.409
Summary
This volume is about the type of work that poets perform and why it matters. Challenging the divide between inspired poetic production and other apparently lesser and contingent forms of labour, this book considers the poetry of Walt Whitman (a real estate dealer), Herman Melville (customs inspector) and Hart Crane (copywriter).
Note
This edition also issued in print: 2019.
This volume is about the type of work that poets perform and why it matters. Challenging the divide between inspired poetic production and other apparently lesser and contingent forms of labour, this book considers the poetry of Walt Whitman (a real estate dealer), Herman Melville (customs inspector) and Hart Crane (copywriter).
This volume is about the type of work that poets perform and why it matters. Challenging the divide between inspired poetic production and other apparently lesser and contingent forms of labour, this book considers the poetry of Walt Whitman (a real estate dealer), Herman Melville (customs inspector) and Hart Crane (copywriter).
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Access Note
Access limited to authorized users.
Source of Description
Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on June 13, 2019).
Series
Oxford scholarship online.
Available in Other Form
Print version: 9780198836254
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