A New Theory for American Poetry

Author: Angus Fletcher
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Binding: Kindle Edition
ISBN: B002P3KAM8

A New Theory for American Poetry: Democracy, the Environment, and the Future of Imagination

Amid gloomy forecasts of the decline of the humanities and the death of poetry, Angus Fletcher, a wise and dedicated literary voice, sounds a note of powerful, tempered optimism. Download A New Theory for American Poetry: Democracy, the Environment, and the Future of Imagination from rapidshare, mediafire, 4shared. He lays out a fresh approach to American poetry at large, the first in several decades, expounding a defense of the art that will resonate well into the new century.

Breaking with the tired habit of treating American poets as the happy or rebellious children of European romanticism, Fletcher uncovers a distinct lineage for American poetry. His point of departure is the fascinating English writer, John Clare; he then centers on the radically American vision expressed by Emerson and Walt Whitman. With Whitman this book insists that "the whole theory an Search and find a lot of education books in many category availabe for free download.

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