The Social Life of Poetry - Appalachia, Race, and Radical Modernism (Hardcover)

From Jewish publishers to Appalachian poets, Green s cultural study reveals the role of "Mountain Whites" in American racial history. Part One (1880-1935) explores the networks that created American pluralism, revealing Appalachia s essential role in shaping America s understanding of African Americans, Anglos, Jews, Southerners, and Immigrants. Drawing upon archival research and deft close readings of poems, Part Two (1934-1946) delves into the inner-workings of literary history and shows how diverse alliances used four books of poetry about Appalachia to change America s notion of race, region, and pluralism. Green starts with how Jesse Stuart and the Agrarians defended Southern whiteness, follows how James Still appealed to liberals, shows how Muriel Rukeyser put Appalachia at the center of anti-fascism, and ends with how Don West and the Progressives struggled to form interracial labor unions in the South.

General

Imprint:	Palgrave Macmillan
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Modern and Contemporary Poetry and Poetics
Release date:	November 2009
First published:	November 2009
Authors:	C. Green
Dimensions:	216 x 140 x 21mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	279
ISBN-13:	978-0-230-61093-4
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > 19th century Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Poetry & poets > General Promotions
LSN:	0-230-61093-5
Barcode:	9780230610934

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