The reflection of contemporary liberalism in America in the poetry of Charles Olson is described in this paper. A link was forged between early revolutionary individualism and a new idealistic concern for the interest of society about liberalism in 19th century by poets like Charles Olson. In the U.S. positive liberalism was further extended, with such developments as the social criticism of the muckrakers, the agitation for the enactment of legislation curbing trusts and extending the suffrage to woman, the trade-union movement, the ‘New Freedom’ of president Woodrow Wilson, and the new deal of president Franklin De Roosevelt. Gradually there program movements and laws perhaps by the way and provided sanctions for government intervention in the economy.
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Unique Paper ID: 145375
Publication Volume & Issue: Volume 4, Issue 9
Page(s): 437 - 445
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