What it Means to be Modern: Elizabeth Bishop's New York Notebook, 1934-1937

Elizabeth Bishop;modernism;literary criticism;College of Arts and Sciences: Liberal Studies

Blasko, LorettaFlint ;

University of Michigan

关键词: Elizabeth Bishop;    modernism;    literary criticism;    College of Arts and Sciences: Liberal Studies;   

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【 摘 要 】

One of the dominant themes in American poet Elizabeth Bishop;;s New York notebook (1934-1937) was modernisim. Modernisim was a reaction by writers and artists to the sweeping changes taking place in Europe and the United States from slightly before WWI and up to WWII. It was a reaction to the machine as a replacement for craftsmanship, and transportation: the crowded yet loneliness of big city living versus the samll yet intimate feeling of a village or small town. It was also a reaction to the devastation of WWI and the promise of scientific progress…