The social lives of poems in nineteenth-century America / Michael C. Cohen.

Author/Creator:

Cohen, Michael C. author.

Publication:

Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2015]

Series:

Material texts
Material texts

Format/Description:

Book
281 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Subjects:

American poetry -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
Poetry -- Social aspects -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Literature and society -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Books and reading -- Social aspects -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
American poetry.
Books and reading -- Social aspects.
Literature and society
Poetry -- Social aspects.
United States

Form/Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.

Contents:

Introduction. how to read a nineteenth-century poem
Balladmongering and social life
The poetics of reform
Contraband songs
Old ballads and new histories
The reconstruction of American poetry
The minstrels' trail
Notes
Index
Acknowledgments.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780812247084
0812247086

OCLC:

893454920

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