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Dissertation Information for Mary Biggs

NAME:
- Mary Biggs

DEGREE:
- Ph.D.

DISCIPLINE:
- Library and Information Science

SCHOOL:
- University of Chicago (USA) (1986)

ADVISORS:
- None

COMMITTEE MEMBERS:
- Warden Boyd Rayward
- Abraham Bookstein
- Howard W. Winger

MPACT Status: Incomplete - Inspected

Title: The publishing of American poetry: 1950-1980

Abstract:
This study explores, among other things, the publication patterns,
decision-making methods, experiences with publishers and editors, and
pleasures and stresses, of 203 living poets residing in the United States.
An effort was made to capture the publishing-related experiences of
America's most honored living poets, as well as those of a complementary,
fairly represe.ntati ve group of serious poets with substantial publishing histories, including at least one book each, but no major awards. The two groups were split into "older" poets (i.e., those who published a book
before 1965) and "newer" poets (i.e., those whose first books came out in
1970 or later). This was done to permit comparison by period of career
commencement. Bibliographic and biographical data were gathered and
analyzed for all poets. In addition, the poets were surveyed using a
questionnaire which asked about their poetry-writing and -publishing experiences,
their rewards, and their goals. Responses were received from
148 (73%).
No "scientific" study capable of proving that poets' careers take
specific shapes, or that each type of publication and publisher plays a
specific role, was thought possible. The populations of poets and
periodicals and book presses are too diverse and dynamic to permit reliable
description. All that could be done was to build an analysis, leading to
suggestive conclusions, on admittedly partial data. While one cannot
generalize with confidence about the entire realm of American poetry publishing
using this study as one's basis, it does bring systematically
gathered evidence to bem' upon beliefs held by many poetry writers,
publishers, and readers.
Among the most striking findings are: the commercial presses'
decline, from the 1950s to the early 1970s, as publishers of new poets;
the dominant importance, among all groups of poets, of the independent
little magazine as avenue of exposure for new work; the lack of agreement
among poets regarding the most significant writers and publishers of
poetry; and the high degree of dispersion of poets' publications among
many journals and presses.

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ADVISEES:
- None

COMMITTEESHIPS:
- None