THE SOCIAL LIFE OF POETRY: PLURALISM AND APPALACHIA, 1937-1946

This dissertation demonstrates how poetry about Appalachia expanded American considerations of democracy, ethnicity, and cultural values. I argue that poetry is profoundly communal in its construction and investigate how the value of poetry changes based upon its transfer through varying networks of...

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Main Author: Green, Christopher Allen
Format: Others
Published: UKnowledge 2004
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Online Access:http://uknowledge.uky.edu/gradschool_diss/349
http://uknowledge.uky.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1352&context=gradschool_diss