Modern American Poetry
by Louis Untermeyer (Editor)
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An anthology of poems by American poets from the mid-nineteenth century to the present day. Includes brief biographies of the poets and guidelines for reading and discussing poetry.Tags
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The Americans enjoyed a genuine "renascence" of poetry in the brief period perhaps beginning with the appearance of POETRY: A MAGAZINE OF VERSE in 1912 through the end of WWII, when the hot medium of TV took the oxygen out of the "local" communities. Between the World Wars, Americans were publishing more than a hundred poetry magazines, thousands of towns had Poetry Societies, and over 4000 poets had volumes for sale. [xi]
The extremely interesting and well-read Editor provides biographical information on each represented poet. The work begins with WALT WHITMAN (1819-1892), and concludes with Anne Sexton (1928-[1974]). [No Frederick Mortimer Clapp, born in New York City in 1879,], even though he was a fellow New Yorker, and no Rod show more McKuen [b 1933, another HS drop-out]] show less
The extremely interesting and well-read Editor provides biographical information on each represented poet. The work begins with WALT WHITMAN (1819-1892), and concludes with Anne Sexton (1928-[1974]). [No Frederick Mortimer Clapp, born in New York City in 1879,], even though he was a fellow New Yorker, and no Rod show more McKuen [b 1933, another HS drop-out]] show less
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Louis Untermeyer was born in 1885 in New York City. He was a poet, anthologist, and editor. Untermeyer was known for his wit and his love of puns. For a while, he held Marxist beliefs, writing for magazines such as The Masses. He advocated that the U.S. should stay out of World War 1. After the suppression of that magazine by the U.S. government, show more he joined The Liberator, published by the Workers Party of America. Later he wrote for the independent socialist magazine The New Masses. He was a co-founder of "The Seven Arts," a poetry magazine that is credited for introducing many new poets, including Robert Frost. In 1950, Untermeyer was a panelist during the first year of the What's My Line? television quiz program. According to Bennett Cerf, Untermeyer would sign virtually any piece of paper that someone placed in front of him, and Untermeyer inadvertently signed a few Communist proclamations. He was named during the hearings by the House Committee on Un-American Activities investigating communist subversion. At that point, the producers told Untermeyer that he had to leave the television series. The controversy surrounding Untermeyer led to him being blacklisted by the television industry. Louis Untermeyer was the author or editor of close to 100 books, from 1911 until his death in 1977. Many of his books and his other memorabilia are preserved in a special section of the Lilly Library at Indiana University. Schools used his Modern American and British poetry books widely, and they often introduced college students to poetry. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Poetry, Fiction and Literature, Literature Studies and Criticism
- DDC/MDS
- 811.082 — Literature & rhetoric American literature in English American poetry Specific kinds of poetry {only by more than one author} [collections now 811.008]
- LCC
- PS611 — Language and Literature American literature American literature Collections of American literature Poetry By period
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- English
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- 20
