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1 online resource |
Physical Medium |
polychrome |
Description |
text file |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
Introduction: Geographical encounters, modernist geopoetics -- Academic and popular geography: global connections, environmentalist style -- The "terraqueous" globe: Walt Whitman and the cosmological geography of Humboldt and Somerville -- African diasporic re-placing: race and environment in the poetry of Helene Johnson and Langston Hughes -- (Trans) nation, geography, and genius: Gertrude Stein's geographical history of America -- H.D.'s trilogy as transnational palimpsest -- Conclusion. |
Summary |
Rebecca Walsh connects a range of American modernist poets to the work of well known American geographers such as Ellsworth Huntington and Ellen Churchill Semple, as well as to the National Geographic magazine. This book considers the role of academic and popular forms of geography in shaping the experimental poetic modernism of Walt Whitman, Langston Hughes, Gertrude Stein, and H.D. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Huntington, Ellsworth, 1876-1947.
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Huntington, Ellsworth, 1876-1947. |
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Semple, Ellen Churchill, 1863-1932.
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Semple, Ellen Churchill, 1863-1932. |
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Stein, Gertrude, 1874-1946.
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Stein, Gertrude, 1874-1946. |
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H. D. (Hilda Doolittle), 1886-1961.
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H. D. (Hilda Doolittle), 1886-1961. |
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Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892.
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Whitman, Walt, 1819-1892. |
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Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967.
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Hughes, Langston, 1902-1967. |
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National geographic magazine.
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National geographic magazine. |
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National geographic magazine. |
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Modernism (Literature) -- United States.
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Modernism (Literature) |
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United States. |
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American poetry -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
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American poetry. |
Chronological Term |
20th century |
Subject |
Geography in literature.
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Geography in literature. |
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Geographers -- United States.
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Geographers. |
Chronological Term |
1900 - 1999 |
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Electronic books.
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Electronic books.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Walsh, Rebecca Ann, 1970- author. Geopoetics of modernism 9780813060514 (DLC) 2014031888 (OCoLC)874098942 |
ISBN |
9780813055145 electronic book |
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0813055148 electronic book |
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9780813060514 |
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0813060516 |
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