Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-263) and index.
Tradition and the political poet: Edwin Rolfe -- All together, black and white: Langston Hughes -- Getting the goofs to listen: Ezra Pound -- Extending the document: Muriel Rukeyser.
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This text looks back to the 1920s and 1930s to a generation of poets who wrote with the precise hope and the deep conviction that they would move their audiences to action. It offers a different look at the political poetry of Edwin Rolfe, Langston Hughes, Ezra Pound and Muriel Rukeyser.
Making something happen.
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American political poetry between the world wars
American poetry-- 20th century-- History and criticism.
Political poetry, American-- History and criticism.
Politics and literature-- United States-- History-- 20th century.