Made in America: Science, Technology, and American Modernist Poets

By Lisa M. Steinman

Book Overview

Analyzes the poetry of William Carlos Williams, Marianne Moore, and Wallace Stevens, and describes their interest in science and technology.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300038100
• ISBN13: 9780300038101
• Release Date: September 1987
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 219 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.8" x 8.6"

Customer Reviews

Inspired

Having interests in both science and poetry, I was excited to find a book about both, which was not merely a collection of "scientific poetry" but which actually had something worthwhile to say. The book presents a wonderful insight into the lives of three poets in particular, William Carlos Williams, Wallace Stevens and Marianne Moore, and is enlightening as to the ways in which they responded and reacted to the increasingly science and technology oriented society they lived in. Since this trend towards a reliance on science and technology has only escalated since the 1920s and 30s it is interesting to compare their position to our own. Certainly, I have gained a new appreciation for the poetry, and a new understanding of the period. I would recommend this book to anyone who is interested in the ways poetry is written to reflect our position as humans within a social context.