{"product_id":"humor-in-modern-american-poetry-paperback-3","title":"Humor in Modern American Poetry - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRachel Trousdale\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eModern poetry, at least according to the current consensus, is difficult and often depressing. But as \u003ci\u003eHumor in Modern American Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e shows, modern poetry is full of humorous moments, from comic verse published in popular magazines to the absurd juxtapositions of \u003ci\u003eThe Cantos\u003c\/i\u003e. The essays in this collection show that humor is as essential to the serious work of William Carlos Williams as it is to the light verse of Phyllis McGinley. For the writers in this volume, the point of humor is not to provide \"comic relief, +? a brief counterpoint to the poem's more serious themes; humor is central to the poems' projects. These poets use humor to claim their own poetic authority; to re-define literary tradition; to show what audience they are writing for; to make political attacks; and, perhaps most surprisingly, to promote sympathy among their readers. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe essays in this book include single-author studies, discussions of literary circles, and theories of form. Taken together, they help to begin a new conversation about modernist poetry, one that treats its lighthearted moments not as decorative but as substantive. Humor defines groups and marks social boundaries, but it also leads us to transgress those boundaries; it forges ties between the writer and the reader, blurs the line between public and private, and becomes a spur to self-awareness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRachel Trousdale\u003c\/b\u003e is Assistant Professor of English at Framingham State University, USA. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eNabokov, Rushdie, and the Transnational Imagination: Novels of Exile and Alternate Worlds\u003c\/i\u003e (2010).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.51 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 30, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47336529264889,"sku":"9781501352607","price":86.31,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/t8FKQNd3wv9781501352607_544ffa45-e5d0-4add-82ca-e5697b9df306.webp?v=1769667679","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/humor-in-modern-american-poetry-paperback-3","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}