Poetics of Emergence Affect and History in Postwar Experimental Poetry |
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| Author:
| Lee, Benjamin |
| Series title: | Contemp North American Poetry Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-60938-697-9 |
| Publication Date: | Jul 2020 |
| Publisher: | University of Iowa Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $85.00USD $85.00 |
Book Description:
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Experimental poetry responded to historical change in the decades after World War II, with an attitude of such casual and reckless originality that its insights have often been overlooked. Poetics of Emergence argues that to ignore the scenes of self and the historical occasions captured by experimental poets during the 1950s and 1960s is to overlook a rich and instructive resource for our own complicated transition into the twenty-first century.
Experimental poetry responded to historical change in the decades after World War II, with an attitude of such casual and reckless originality that its insights have often been overlooked. Poetics of Emergence argues that to ignore the scenes of self and the historical occasions captured by experimental poets during the 1950s and 1960s is to overlook a rich and instructive resource for our own complicated transition into the twenty-first century.