Nations of Nothing But Poetry
| Author | : Matthew Hart |
| Publisher | : OUP USA |
| Total Pages | : 255 |
| Release | : 2010-04-22 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9780195390339 |
| ISBN-13 | : 0195390334 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (334 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Nations of Nothing But Poetry by : Matthew Hart
Download or read book Nations of Nothing But Poetry written by Matthew Hart and published by OUP USA. This book was released on 2010-04-22 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Vernacular discourse from major to minor -- The impossibility of synthetic Scots; or, Hugh MacDiarmid's nationalist internationalism -- A dialect written in the spelling of the capital: Basil Bunting goes home -- Tradition and the postcolonial talent: T.S. Eliot versus E.K. Brathwaite -- Transnational anthems and the ship of state: Harryette Mullen, Melvin B. Tolson and the politics of afro-modernism -- Epilogue denationalizing Mina Loy.
