What makes modern poetry modern? In this course we will examine the remarkable development of American poetry in the course of the twentieth century (with perhaps a glimpse at the twenty-first), looking in particular at the technical, social, and political variety of writing. We will look at a number of schools and movements, including imagism, modernism, the Harlem Renaissance, Black Mountain, the Beats, the Confessionals and the New York School. Poets in closer focus: Pound, H.D., Loy, Stevens, Crane, Hug...
