Alan Filreis is Kelly Professor of English, faculty director of the Kelly Writers House, and director of the Center for Programs in Contemporary Writing at the University of Pennsylvania. He is author of three other books, including Modernism from Right to Left: Wallace Stevens, the Thirties, and Literary Radicalism.
[An] impressive volume. . . . Highly Recommended.--Choice
A penetrating historical and sociological study comparable to
now-classic books. . . . Filreis provides a vivid lineage for a
literary culture that promotes anti-intellectualism in the pursuit
of 'core values.'--Boston Review
Explores in great depth the antimodernist literary movement of the
mid 20th century.--Wordsalad
One of the most provocative analyses of mid-century American poetry
this year. . . . A highly readable and attractive volume. . . . An
excellent resource both for those who differ from and those who
agree with its ideological premise.--Year's Work in English
Studies
Reveal[s] a deep relationship between poetry and politics rooted in
the postwar period . . . [and] speaks to political histories of the
roles and forms of contemporary American poetry.--Against the
Current
The most in-depth look we have into the role that modern poetry
played in the anticommunist culture wars of the 1950s.--Clio
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