American Poetry in Performance : From Walt Whitman to Hip Hop.
Hoffman, Tyler.
American Poetry in Performance : From Walt Whitman to Hip Hop. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (282 pages)
Intro -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 - Walt Whitman "Live": Performing the Public Sphere -- Chapter 2 - The Ordeal of Vachel Lindsay, or The Cultural Politics of the Spoken Word -- Chapter 3 - " The Black Man Speaks": Langston Hughes, the New Negro, and the Sounds of Citizenship -- Chapter 4 - Beat Acoustics, Presence, and Resistance -- Chapter 5 - "Rappin' and Readin' ": The Frequencies of the Black Arts -- Chapter 6 - Slam Nation: Immediacy, Mediatization, and the Counterpublic Sphere -- Afterword -- Notes -- Index.
Performance poetry, identity, and nationality throughout American history.
9780472029631
Performance poetry--United States--History and criticism.
Oral interpretation of poetry.
American poetry--History and criticism.
American poetry--African American authors--History and criticism.
Poetry slams--United States--History.
Electronic books.
PN4151 .H64 2013
811
American Poetry in Performance : From Walt Whitman to Hip Hop. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (282 pages)
Intro -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 - Walt Whitman "Live": Performing the Public Sphere -- Chapter 2 - The Ordeal of Vachel Lindsay, or The Cultural Politics of the Spoken Word -- Chapter 3 - " The Black Man Speaks": Langston Hughes, the New Negro, and the Sounds of Citizenship -- Chapter 4 - Beat Acoustics, Presence, and Resistance -- Chapter 5 - "Rappin' and Readin' ": The Frequencies of the Black Arts -- Chapter 6 - Slam Nation: Immediacy, Mediatization, and the Counterpublic Sphere -- Afterword -- Notes -- Index.
Performance poetry, identity, and nationality throughout American history.
9780472029631
Performance poetry--United States--History and criticism.
Oral interpretation of poetry.
American poetry--History and criticism.
American poetry--African American authors--History and criticism.
Poetry slams--United States--History.
Electronic books.
PN4151 .H64 2013
811