Poetry and Community
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Engler, Balz. Poetry and Community. Tübingen: Stauffenburg, 1990. ISBN 3-923721-30-X Order
Preface, 1
I Literature as Performance
1 The Orality of Literature, 11
2 Community and Symbol, 23
3 What is a Classic? 42
4 The Dynamics of Symbolism, 58
5 Rituals and Readings, 72
II The Scandal of Vachel Lindsay
6 Introduction: The Reading Public vs the Audience, 89
7 A Forgotten Poet, 99
8 Lindsay and Midwestern Community, 110
9 Vision: The Audience and the Poet, 122
10 The Performances, 139
11 Communal Composition, 170
Conclusion, 181
Bibliography, 188
Index. 197