[New-Poetry] American Modernism

[David Graham]

Out of town & offline for a week, I'm coming late to this thread, so  
forgive me if someone's already mentioned a lovely little anthology  
edited by Karl Shapiro:  *Prose Keys to Modern Poetry*.  I believe  
it's long out of print, but still available on Amazon & the used shops.

Best single collection I've seen, even after all these years.  It  
collects most of the classic statements from Whitman, Poe,  
Baudelaire, through Pound, Eliot, Stevens, Lawrence, Jeffers, et al.   
 From 1962, originally, but not much outdated, since it covers  
original statements by the originators.

Kenner's books are not only essential but great fun to read.

Not usually considered much in discussions of modernist thought,  
Frost has attracted some interesting attention from critics who do  
consider him such. Richard Poirier's *Frost:  the Work of Knowing*  
is  about the single best book on Frost, I'd say, and firmly places  
him as the intellectual peer of Eliot & Stevens.  Frank Lentricchia's  
*Modernist Quartet* is similar, linking Frost with Pound, Stevens,  
and Eliot.

Pinsky's classic *The Situation of Poetry* is about post-modern  
poetry, but has one of the most lucid discussions of modernist  
thought that I've seen.


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On Jun 1, 2007, at 12:22 PM, Anny Ballardini wrote:

> Don't know if these are useful, but this is what I had to go through:
>
> Besides the Cantos and Personae by Pound;
> ABC of Reading by EP
> Pound: selected prose 1909-1965
> Guide to Kulchur by EP
> A guide to EP's Personae (1926) Ruthven
> The Solitary Volcano by John Tytell
> The Imagist Poem by William Pratt
>
> then a couple of guides to the Cantos.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Jeff Newberry
> To: NewPoetry
> Sent: Friday, June 01, 2007 5:21 PM
> Subject: [New-Poetry] American Modernism
>
>
>
> A request for some of the more scholarly-minded folks in the  
> NewPoetry world:
>
> One of my comprehensive examinations is on American Modernism.  I'm  
> looking for some titles of critical works that discuss Modernism as  
> a concept.  Particularly helpful would be any work focused on  
> American Modernist writers or artists.  The more contemporary the  
> criticism, the better--although, I'd appreciate any titles.
>
> I am looking at Hugh Kenner's two books, The Pound Era & A Homemade  
> World:  American Writers of the Modernist Era.
>
> I'd appreciate any suggestions.
>
> Best,
>
> Jeff Newberry
>
> -- 
> "Memory believes before knowing remembers.  Believes longer than  
> recollects, longer than knowing even wonders."
> —William Faulkner, Light in August
>
>
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>
> -- 
> "Memory believes before knowing remembers.  Believes longer than  
> recollects, longer than knowing even wonders."
> —William Faulkner, Light in August
>
>
> http://museoffireblog.blogspot.com
>
>
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