Dlb 48: American Poets, 1880 to 1945, Second Series

By Peter Quartermain

The history of American writing (and especially poetry) in the twentieth century can be read as the history of a language gradually acquiring native speakers, when there were none before, states this DLB volumes foreword. This second-of-three series profiles 47 American poets who helped to define the cultural language of the nation as it struggled to secure an active role in world affairs.

47 entries include: Kay Boyle, Sterling Brown, Stanley Burnshaw, e.e. Cummings, Edward Dahlberg, Langston Hughes, Stanley Kunitz, James Laughlin, Thomas Merton, Frederic Prokosch, Evelyn Scott, Jesse Stuart and Robert Penn Warren.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0810317265
• ISBN13: 9780810317260
• Release Date: June 1986
• Publisher: Gale Cengage
• Length: 488 Pages
• Weight: 2.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 8.2" x 11.3"