Download or read book The Degenerate Muse written by Robin G. Schulze and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The early 20th century marked a dramatic shift in the American conception of nature. This book analyzes the ways in which the scientific recasting of American nature as an antidote for degeneration influenced work of important modernist writers Harriet Monroe, Ezra Pound, and Marianne Moore.