This is all about Poetry, and Writing in the 1930's:
Poetry:
There were many different poets in the 1930's, and as you probably know, the 30's was the time of the Great Depression. So, many poets tried to brighten people's life's.
Here is a list of some poet's from the 30's, and a famous poem that they wrote;
Stephen Vincent Benet- Nightmare's and Vistants
Hart Crane- The Bridge
Countee Cullen- Any Human to Another
E.E Cummings- LVII
Robert Frost- A Lone Striker
Langston Hughes- Christ in Alabama
Archibald MacLeish- Cinema of a Man
Marianne Moore- The Frigate Pelican
Charles Reznikoff- 15
Muriel Rukeyser- Effort at Speech Between Two People
Wallace Stevens- The Idea of Order at Key West
Allen Tate- The Mediterranean
William Carlos Williams- The Sun Bathers
Marya Zaturenska- The Virgin, the Doe, and the leaper
Louis Zukofsky- To my Wash-Stand
If you want to find out about all of the poem's there wrote, go to this hyperlink (Just copy and Paste):
http://xroads.virginia.edu/~ma05/dulis/poetry/Zukofsky/zukofsky2.html
As you can see, there are many famous poet's in the 1930's!
Poetry:
There were many different poets in the 1930's, and as you probably know, the 30's was the time of the Great Depression. So, many poets tried to brighten people's life's.
Here is a list of some poet's from the 30's, and a famous poem that they wrote;
Stephen Vincent Benet- Nightmare's and Vistants
Hart Crane- The Bridge
Countee Cullen- Any Human to Another
E.E Cummings- LVII
Robert Frost- A Lone Striker
Langston Hughes- Christ in Alabama
Archibald MacLeish- Cinema of a Man
Marianne Moore- The Frigate Pelican
Charles Reznikoff- 15
Muriel Rukeyser- Effort at Speech Between Two People
Wallace Stevens- The Idea of Order at Key West
Allen Tate- The Mediterranean
William Carlos Williams- The Sun Bathers
Marya Zaturenska- The Virgin, the Doe, and the leaper
Louis Zukofsky- To my Wash-Stand
If you want to find out about all of the poem's there wrote, go to this hyperlink (Just copy and Paste):
http://xroads.virginia.edu/~ma05/dulis/poetry/Zukofsky/zukofsky2.html
As you can see, there are many famous poet's in the 1930's!
Writing:
Writing in the 30s was a good way to express feelings about the depression. Many people enjoyed it. Lots of writing in the 1930s was known as travel writing. People who were away from home and traveling, would write to there families at home about what was going on. Here are some famous travel artists:
Writing in the 30s was a good way to express feelings about the depression. Many people enjoyed it. Lots of writing in the 1930s was known as travel writing. People who were away from home and traveling, would write to there families at home about what was going on. Here are some famous travel artists:
- Jan Morris
- Erik Newby
- William Least
- Sally Carrighar
- Rebecca West
- Ivan T. Sanderson
- Gerald Durell
- Robert lewis stevenson
- John Stienbeck
To see more artists from the 30s copy and past this site:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Travel_literature
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Travel_literature
