“The Map-makers’ Colors”: Maps in Twentieth-Century American Poetry in English

This article offers a selection of notable American poems about maps and grapples with their place in a century unique for the number, range, and quality of such poems. Though others preceded her, Elizabeth Bishop takes center-stage for “The Map” (1934; Winslow, 1935, 78–79), which recognizes that p...

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Main Author: Adele J. Haft
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Association Française d'Etudes Américaines 2013-06-01
Series:Transatlantica : Revue d'Études Américaines
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Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/transatlantica/6149