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020 $a9781487501839
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035 $a(OCoLC)ocn980736685
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050 14 $aPN4151$b.N45 2017
055 0 $aPN4151$b.N45 2017
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100 1 $aNeigh, Janet,$d1977-$eauthor.
245 10 $aRecalling recitation in the Americas :$bborderless curriculum, performance poetry, and reading /$cJanet Neigh.
264 1 $aToronto ;$aBuffalo ;$aLondon :$bUniversity of Toronto Press,$c[2017]
264 4 $c©2017
300 $aviii, 240 pages :$billustrations ;$c24 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 205-226) and index.
520 $a"Spoken word is one of the most popular styles of poetry in North America. While its prevalence is often attributed to the form's strong ties to oral culture, Recalling Recitation in the Americas reveals how poetry memorization and recitation curricula, shaped by British Imperial policy, influenced contemporary performance practices. During the early twentieth century, educators frequently used the recitation of canonical poems to instill "proper" speech and behaviour in classrooms in Canada, the Caribbean, and the United States. Janet Neigh critically analyses three celebrated performance poets-E. Pauline Johnson-Tekahionwake (1861-1913), Langston Hughes (1902-1967), and Louise Bennett (1919-2006)-who refashioned recitation to cultivate linguistic diversity and to resist its disciplinary force. Through an examination of the dialogues among their poetic projects, Neigh illuminates how their complicated legacies as national icons obscure their similar approaches to resisting Anglicization. Recalling Recitation in the Americas focuses on the unexplored relationship between education history and literary form and establishes the far-reaching effects of poetry memorization and recitation on the development of modern performance poetry in North America."--$cProvided by publisher.
600 10 $aJohnson, E. Pauline,$d1861-1913$xCriticism and interpretation.
600 10 $aHughes, Langston,$d1902-1967$xCriticism and interpretation.
600 10 $aBennett, Louise,$d1919-2006$xCriticism and interpretation.
650 0 $aOral interpretation of poetry.
650 0 $aPerformance poetry$xSocial aspects.
650 0 $aPoetry$xSocial aspects.
650 0 $aPoetry$xStudy and teaching.
650 0 $aRecitation (Education)$xSocial aspects.
852 00 $bglx$hPN4151$i.N45 2017