Alan Filreis: 1 book
Counter-revolution of the Word
The Conservative Attack on Modern Poetry, 1945-1960
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2012
During the Cold War an unlikely coalition of poets, editors, and politicians converged in an attempt to discredit--if not destroy--the American modernist avant-garde. Ideologically diverse yet willing to bespeak their hatred of modern poetry through the rhetoric of anticommunism, these "anticommunist...
