About this book
"The American Quest for a Supreme Fiction analyzes the essential characteristics and central forces in the development of this mode. James E. Miller, one of America's foremost Whitman scholars, divides his study into three parts corresponding to the growth of the American epic. He first explores its philosophical "Roots and Trunk" in the poetry and critical works of Whitman (with reference to how this philosophy appears in the work of Berryman, Lowell, and Stevens); in the second part he traces the "Branches" of Pound, Eliot, Williams, and Crane; and, in his first section, "Leaves," Miller examines the contemporary work of Olson, Berryman, and Ginsberg"--Back cover.
Subjects
American Epic poetryAmerican poetryEpic poetry, AmericanHistory and criticismInfluencePoetryPsychological aspectsPsychological aspects of PoetrySelf in literaturePoésie épiqueEposHistoire et critiqueInfluence (Literary, artistic, etc.)Poésie américaineLiteratura norte-americana (crítica e interpretação)Whitman, walt, 1819-1892Epic poetry, history and criticismAmerican poetry, history and criticism