Acknowledgements
Chronology
Abbreviations
Introduction
Chapter One Common Origin and Early Wandering
Ⅰ. From Midwest and the Common Folk
Ⅱ. A Hobo in the West
Ⅲ. Wanderer-Jailbirds Throes: Predawn Darkness of a Poet
Chapter Two Socialistic Tendency
Ⅰ. Sandburgs Socialism Concept
Ⅱ. "An Ardent Socialist"
Ⅲ. Advocator of Democracy
Chapter Three The People, Yes,and "Yes" What?
Ⅰ."Who and What Are the People?"
Ⅱ. Universalism: His Guide to Universal People
Ⅲ. Chicago Poems
Ⅳ. Cornhuskers
Ⅴ. Smoke and Steel
Ⅵ. Slabs of Sunburnt West
Ⅶ. The People, Yes
Ⅷ. "Yes" What?
Chapter Four The Popular Poetics on the Basis of the Commons
Ⅰ. His Poetic Theory and Social Function of Poetry
Ⅱ. The People as the Foundation Stone
Ⅲ. The Realistic Poet and His Circular Development
Ⅳ. "Sense of Nativeness" in Grain
Ⅴ. Common Subjects with Great Passion
Ⅵ. Heritage from Walt Whitman
Ⅶ. Unique Poetic Style
Ⅷ. Musicality in Sandburgs Poetry
Chapter Five The Saudburg Range and His Influence
Ⅰ. The Minstrel
Ⅱ. "Mr.Song-Bugs Sand-bang" : The American Songbag
Ⅲ. Obliging the Young
Ⅳ. His Influence on Modern Poetry
Ⅴ. Among the People
Conclusion
Ⅰ. "Tradition Is a Bottomless Hole!"
Ⅱ. Yes! The Peoples Poet, the Popular Poetics
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