Introduction -- Modernity, poetry and pragmatism -- Critical constructions of Miss Moore: the poetics of purity -- Instruments of dissection: syllabic verse in the age of mechanical destruction -- "Just looking": the aesthetics of display -- A hybrid method of composition: montage and flexible forms of faith -- Technical mastery and imperial power: cultivating a poetic wilderness.
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