Mary Austin, The American Rhythm

Mark T. Hoyer (University of California, Davis)

Ed. by Emory Elliott, University of California, Riverside
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 3.2.3: American (US) Writing and Culture: The Early Twentieth-century , 1900-1945.
Vol. editors: J. Michael Duvall (College of Charleston), Emory Elliott (University of California, Riverside), Dale Enggass (University of Utah), Matthew Hofer (University of New Mexico), Stephen E. Meats (Pittsburg State University), Tony Papanikolas (San Jose State University), Justin Parks (UiT - The Arctic University of Norway), Nick Selby (University of East Anglia)

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First circulation or publication 1923

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United States (Country of Origin)

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Austin's lifelong interests in bridging cultures and in the literature of Native Americans finds mature expression in

The American Rhythm

(1923), a collection of Native American verse prefaced by a lengthy essay describing the anthology's philosophical and aesthetic underpinnings. Perhaps more than any of her other books,

The American Rhythm

has drawn the interest of readers and interpreters of Native American cultures and literatures. This book grew out of Austin's life-long fascination with the effects of the land on shaping the cultures of its inhabitants, an interest she had studied most diligently in the American Southwest.

It did not, however, spring from a cultural vacuum, nor was the inspiration for it the product of a single mind. In 1917, the magazine Poetry, founded and

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Citation: Hoyer, Mark T.. "The American Rhythm". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 06 June 2003 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=6729, accessed 24 November 2024.]

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