Carl Sandburg's ʺChicagoʺ: Bringing a Great City Alive
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Unterrichtsentwurf mit Material, Einstiegsfragen, Aktivitäten. ʺCarl Sandburg's ʺChicagoʺ is one of the best known works of 20th century American literature. Included in countless anthologies, this poem made famous the description of Chicago as ʺCity of the Big Shoulders,ʺ celebrating its role at the time as the industrial capital of the United States. Sandburg penned it during the summer of 1913 upon moving to Chicago. It first appeared in Poetry magazine in March 1914 and two years later was published with the collection entitled Chicago Poems.ʺ Quelle: Anbieter