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Paeth, Amy. "Introduction". The American Poet Laureate: A History of U.S. Poetry and the State, New York Chichester, West Sussex: Columbia University Press, 2023, pp. 1-26. https://doi.org/10.7312/paet19438-002

Paeth, A. (2023). Introduction. In The American Poet Laureate: A History of U.S. Poetry and the State (pp. 1-26). New York Chichester, West Sussex: Columbia University Press. https://doi.org/10.7312/paet19438-002

Paeth, A. 2023. Introduction. The American Poet Laureate: A History of U.S. Poetry and the State. New York Chichester, West Sussex: Columbia University Press, pp. 1-26. https://doi.org/10.7312/paet19438-002

Paeth, Amy. "Introduction" In The American Poet Laureate: A History of U.S. Poetry and the State, 1-26. New York Chichester, West Sussex: Columbia University Press, 2023. https://doi.org/10.7312/paet19438-002

Paeth A. Introduction. In: The American Poet Laureate: A History of U.S. Poetry and the State. New York Chichester, West Sussex: Columbia University Press; 2023. p.1-26. https://doi.org/10.7312/paet19438-002

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Frontmatter i
Contents vii
Acknowledgments ix
Introduction 1
I State Verse Scandals: The Bollingen Affair and Postwar Poets at the Library of Congress, 1945– 1956 27
II Inaugurating National Poetry: Robert Frost and Cold War Arts, 1956– 1965 63
III The Politics of Voice: The Poet- Critic, the Creative Writer, and the Poet Laureate, 1965– 1990 100
IV Civil Versus Civic Verse: National Projects of U.S. Poets Laureate, 1990– 2022 150
Epilogue “An Invisible Berlin Wall,” the U.S. Inaugural Poem, and the Future of State Verse 192
APPENDIX I Occupants of the U.S. National Poetry Office 209
APPENDIX II Fellows in American Letters at the Library of Congress 212
APPENDIX III U.S. Inaugural Poets 213
Notes 215
Bibliography 275
Index 295

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Chapters in this book

Frontmatter i
Contents vii
Acknowledgments ix
Introduction 1
I State Verse Scandals: The Bollingen Affair and Postwar Poets at the Library of Congress, 1945– 1956 27
II Inaugurating National Poetry: Robert Frost and Cold War Arts, 1956– 1965 63
III The Politics of Voice: The Poet- Critic, the Creative Writer, and the Poet Laureate, 1965– 1990 100
IV Civil Versus Civic Verse: National Projects of U.S. Poets Laureate, 1990– 2022 150
Epilogue “An Invisible Berlin Wall,” the U.S. Inaugural Poem, and the Future of State Verse 192
APPENDIX I Occupants of the U.S. National Poetry Office 209
APPENDIX II Fellows in American Letters at the Library of Congress 212
APPENDIX III U.S. Inaugural Poets 213
Notes 215
Bibliography 275
Index 295

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