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Author Schulze, Robin G., 1961-

Title The degenerate muse : American nature, modernist poetry, and the problem of cultural hygiene / Robin G. Schulze.

Publication Info. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2013]
©2013

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Description 1 online resource.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Modernist literature & culture
Modernist literature & culture.
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.
Contents Cover; Contents; Series Editors' Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Toward a Modern Nature; 1. Nature Study, Degeneration, and the Problem of Poetry; 2. Harriet Monroe's Pioneer Modernism; 3. Ezra Pound and the Poetics of Hygiene; 4. Marianne Moore, Degeneration, and Domestication; 5. Marianne Moore, Nature, and National Health; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z
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Subject Monroe, Harriet, 1860-1936 -- Criticism and interpretation.
Monroe, Harriet, 1860-1936.
Criticism and interpretation.
Moore, Marianne, 1887-1972 -- Criticism and interpretation.
Moore, Marianne, 1887-1972.
Pound, Ezra, 1885-1972 -- Criticism and interpretation.
Pound, Ezra, 1885-1972.
American poetry -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
American poetry.
Chronological Term 20th century
Subject Modernism (Literature) -- United States.
Modernism (Literature)
United States.
Nature in literature.
Nature in literature.
Degeneration in literature.
Degeneration in literature.
Nature and civilization -- United States.
Nature and civilization.
Chronological Term 1900-1999
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Added Title American nature, modernist poetry, and the problem of cultural hygiene
Other Form: Print version: Schulze, Robin G., 1961- Degenerate muse. Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, ©2013 9780199920327 (DLC) 2012032587 (OCoLC)809249948
ISBN 9780199920334 (electronic book)
0199920338 (electronic book)
9780199345625
0199345627
9780199920327
019992032X
0199920338