Hummer, T. R.

The muse in the machine essays on poetry and the anatomy of the body politic / [electronic resource] : by T.R. Hummer. - Athens : University of Georgia Press, c2006. - viii, 214 p. - Life of poetry . - Life of poetry. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

An audience -- Laughed off : canon, kharakter, and the dismissal of Vachel Lindsay -- "Sen-sen," censorship, obscenity, secrecy : slapping the face of the body politic -- Inside the avalanche -- Ex machina : reading the mind of the South -- Revenge of the American leviathan -- "Christ, start again" : Robert Penn Warren, a poet of the South? -- The mechanical muse.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

9780820342788 (electronic bk.)




American poetry--History and criticism.--20th century
Politics and literature--History--United States--20th century.
Literature and society--History--United States--20th century.
Poetry--Authorship.


Electronic books.

PS323.5 / .H86 2006

811/.509358