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Muriel Rukeyser and Documentary : The Poetics of Connection / Catherine Gander.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2022]Copyright date: ©2013Description: 1 online resource (256 p.) : 12 B/W illustrationsContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780748670536
  • 9780748670543
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 811.52
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  • online - DeGruyter
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Contents:
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- Chapter 2 The Photo-text -- Chapter 3 The Lives -- Chapter 4 Documentary and the Emergence of American Studies -- Chapter 5 Landscape, Navigation and Cartography -- Chapter 6 Conclusion -- Appendix: illustrations -- Sources Cited -- Index
Summary: Provides a new perspective on the documentary diversity of Muriel Rukeyser’s work and influencesWinner of the inaugural Peggy O'Brien Book Prize of the Irish Association for American Studies (IAAS)GBS_insertPreviewButtonPopup(['ISBN:9780748670536','ISBN:9780748670543']);This study of twentieth-century American poet Muriel Rukeyser explores the multiple avenues of her ‘poetics of connection’ to reveal a profound engagement with the equally intertextual documentary genre. It examines previously overlooked photo narratives, poetry, prose and archival material and demonstrates an enduring dialogue between the poet’s relational aesthetics and documentary’s similarly interdisciplinary and creative approach to the world. By considering the sources of documentary in Rukeyser’s work, the study provides insight into her guiding poetic principles, situating her as a vital figure in the history of twentieth-century American literature and culture, and as a pioneering personality in the development of American Studies.Key Features Provides a new, interdisciplinary perspective on a critically neglected author, situating her firmly within the canon of essential 20th century American poetsExamines previously overlooked material, including photo narratives, poetry, prose, and archival materialHighlights Rukeyser’s role in the formation of American StudiesOutlines the development of documentary in the 1930s, and its role in the formation of an American literary and cultural aesthetic"
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eBook eBook Biblioteca "Angelicum" Pont. Univ. S.Tommaso d'Aquino Nuvola online online - DeGruyter (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Online access Not for loan (Accesso limitato) Accesso per gli utenti autorizzati / Access for authorized users (dgr)9780748670543

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- Chapter 2 The Photo-text -- Chapter 3 The Lives -- Chapter 4 Documentary and the Emergence of American Studies -- Chapter 5 Landscape, Navigation and Cartography -- Chapter 6 Conclusion -- Appendix: illustrations -- Sources Cited -- Index

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Provides a new perspective on the documentary diversity of Muriel Rukeyser’s work and influencesWinner of the inaugural Peggy O'Brien Book Prize of the Irish Association for American Studies (IAAS)GBS_insertPreviewButtonPopup(['ISBN:9780748670536','ISBN:9780748670543']);This study of twentieth-century American poet Muriel Rukeyser explores the multiple avenues of her ‘poetics of connection’ to reveal a profound engagement with the equally intertextual documentary genre. It examines previously overlooked photo narratives, poetry, prose and archival material and demonstrates an enduring dialogue between the poet’s relational aesthetics and documentary’s similarly interdisciplinary and creative approach to the world. By considering the sources of documentary in Rukeyser’s work, the study provides insight into her guiding poetic principles, situating her as a vital figure in the history of twentieth-century American literature and culture, and as a pioneering personality in the development of American Studies.Key Features Provides a new, interdisciplinary perspective on a critically neglected author, situating her firmly within the canon of essential 20th century American poetsExamines previously overlooked material, including photo narratives, poetry, prose, and archival materialHighlights Rukeyser’s role in the formation of American StudiesOutlines the development of documentary in the 1930s, and its role in the formation of an American literary and cultural aesthetic"

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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