The degenerate muse : American nature, modernist poetry, and the problem of cultural hygiene /
The early 20th century marked a dramatic shift in the American conception of nature. This book analyzes the ways in which the scientific recasting of American nature as an antidote for degeneration influenced work of important modernist writers Harriet Monroe, Ezra Pound, and Marianne Moore.
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
©2013.
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| Series: | Modernist literature & culture.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | The early 20th century marked a dramatic shift in the American conception of nature. This book analyzes the ways in which the scientific recasting of American nature as an antidote for degeneration influenced work of important modernist writers Harriet Monroe, Ezra Pound, and Marianne Moore. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780199920334 0199920338 9780199345625 0199345627 |