Voicing American poetry sound and performance from the 1920s to the present / Lesley Wheeler.

Author/creator Wheeler, Lesley, 1967-
Format Book
Publication InfoIthaca : Cornell University Press, 2008.
Descriptionx, 235 pages ; 23 cm.
Subjects
Oral interpretation of poetry--United States. --History.
Performance poetry--United States. --History and criticism.
Poetry slams--United States. --History.
American poetry--20th century. --History and criticism.
American poetry--21st century. --History and criticism.

SeriesCornell paperbacks
Cornell paperbacks. ^A770796
Contents Introduction : voice identification -- Sounding poetic voice -- Edna St. Vincent Millay's performance of presence -- Voice and the visual poetry of Langston Hughes -- Lyric collaborations : James Merrill, David Jackson, Denise Duhamel, and Maureen Seaton -- Voice activated : contemporary academic poetry readings to the National Poetry Slam -- Afterword : resonances -- Appendix A : a selected list of public poetry soundings since 1950 -- Appendix B : five poets from four corners : an interview, August 2005.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [205]-222) and index.
LCCN 2007048430
ISBN9780801446689 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0801446686 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9780801474422 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN0801474426 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks PN4151 .W47 2008 ✔ Available Place Hold