The People, Yes (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Carl Sandburg
- First Published: 1936
- Type of Work: Poetry
- Genres: Poetry, Narrative poetry
- Subjects: United States or Americans, Twentieth century, Nineteenth century, Depression, economic, 1930’s, Native Americans or American Indians, Presidents
- Locales: United States
Critical Evaluation:
Although Carl Sandburg wrote The People, Yes during the Depression of the 1930’s, his strong voice remained as cheerful and reassuring to later ages as it was in the time of bread lines and soup kitchens. Yet Sandburg does not raise his voice to shout down the pessimists, he does not sing hymns to America out of a sense of duty. His book arises from a genuine love of the plain people who will somehow survive their blunders, somehow find the answers to “Where to?” and “What next?”
Sandburg asks these questions in the opening in the...
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