(Out of) Time in America: Louis MacNeice 1930-43 Symbiosis 1.1 115-134

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(Out of) Time in America: Louis MacNeice 1939–1943 by Alan Munton is a scholarly essay that examines the profound impact of Louis MacNeice's time in America on his poetic development during the early years of World War II. Originally published in Symbiosis: A Journal of Anglo-American Literary Relations, this micro-ebook explores how MacNeice's personal experiences and political reflections during his stay in America influenced his wartime poetry, particularly his evolving views on revolution, community, and individualism. Munton provides a detailed analysis of MacNeice’s interactions with American intellectuals, his passionate relationship with Eleanor Clark, and the thematic transformation evident in his poetry. This essay is essential for literature students, scholars, and enthusiasts of modernist poetry, transatlantic literary relations, and wartime literature.