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LEADER: 01850cam a2200325 a 4500
001 2009011915
003 DLC
005 20090611164809.0
008 090324s2009 ncu b 001 0deng
010 $a 2009011915
020 $a9780786443062 (pbk. : alk. paper)
020 $a0786443065 (pbk. : alk. paper)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn277136402
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dYDXCP$dBTCTA$dC#P$dCDX$dBWX$dDLC
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050 00 $aPS310.W68$bV38 2009
082 00 $a811/.5209358$222
100 1 $aVaughan, David Kirk.
245 10 $aWords to measure a war :$bnine American poets of World War II /$cDavid K. Vaughan.
260 $aJefferson, N.C. :$bMcFarland & Co.,$cc2009.
300 $avii, 196 p. ;$c23 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 187-189) and index.
505 0 $aKarl Shapiro, U.S. Army -- Randall Jarrell, U.S. Army Air Forces -- John Ciardi, U.S. Army Air Forces -- William Meredith, U.S. Navy -- Howard Nemerov, U.S. Army Air Forces -- Louis Simpson, U.S. Army -- James Dickey, U.S. Army Air Forces -- Richard Hugo, U.S. Army Air Forces -- Lincoln Kirstein, U.S. Army.
520 $a"This study compares the efforts of those men who had established themselves as poets prior to or during the war (Karl Shapiro, Randall Jarrell, John Ciardi, and William Meredith) with those whose poetic careers developed after the war ended (Louis Simpson, James Dickey, Richard Hugo, Howard Nemerov, and Lincoln Kirstein)"--Provided by publisher.
650 0 $aAmerican poetry$y20th century$xHistory and criticism.
650 0 $aWorld War, 1939-1945$zUnited States$xLiterature and the war.
650 0 $aSoldiers' writings, American$xHistory and criticism.
650 0 $aWar poetry, American$xHistory and criticism.
650 0 $aPoets, American$y20th century$vBiography.
650 0 $aSoldiers$zUnited States$vBiography.