Poetry and the Limits of Modernity in Depression America

Poetry and the Limits of Modernity in Depression America
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 239
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ISBN-10 : 9781009347822
ISBN-13 : 1009347829
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Download or read book Poetry and the Limits of Modernity in Depression America written by Justin Parks and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2023-09-30 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Furnishing a novel take on the poetry of the 1930s within the context of the cultural history of the Depression, this book argues that the period's economic and cultural crisis was accompanied by an epistemological crisis in which cultural producers increasingly cast doubt on language in its ability to represent society.


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