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The social lives of poems in nineteenth-century America /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Cohen, Michael C. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2015]
Series:Material texts.
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.
1800 - 1899
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Table of 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.