Poetry and Politics.

Discusses American poetry. Views of the Humanists and the Communists schools of critics regarding closing of an epoch in American poetry; Significance of Romantic personality in American poetry; Overview of American verse since 1900; Reflection of politics in poetry; Emphasis on French poet, Thibaut IV's, understanding of American poetry; Analysis of the work of poets of New England; View that the task of poetry is the constant rediscovery of the permanent nature of man; Excerpts of some poems.