Ideas of space in contemporary poetry / Ian Davidson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Davidson, Ian, 1957-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

English poetry--21st century--History and criticism.

English poetry.

English poetry--20th century--History and criticism.

American poetry--21st century--History and criticism.

American poetry.

American poetry--20th century--History and criticism.

Modernism (Literature)--English-speaking countries.

Modernism (Literature).

English-speaking countries.

Postmodernism (Literature)--English-speaking countries.

Postmodernism (Literature).

Space and time in literature.

Materialism in literature.

Physical Description:

xi, 196 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Basingstoke [England] ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2007.

Summary:

Ideas of Space in Contemporary Poetry gives a comprehensive account of the way processes of globalization and spatial theory have influenced the work of contemporary poets from the United Kingdom and the United States. Key elements of the 'spatial turn' in cultural and social theory are drawn from the work of figures as diverse as Henri Lefebvre and Doreen Massey and related to developments in poetry and poetics. A more detailed study of post-war US poetry from the 1950s to the 1970s is complemented by analyses of visual and concrete poetry, issues of history and identity and the way in which digital technology and the internet have influenced the production and distribution of poetic texts. Ian Davidson vividly demonstrates how contemporary poetry, some of which is difficult and challenging, sustains an engagement with important social and political issues.

Contents:

1 Aesthetics of Space: Cubism to Language Poetry 6

2 Spatial Theories and Poetic Practices 24

Space and place 28

Spatial practice, representations of space, and spaces of representation 33

The rhizomatic and the nomadic 39

Space and the body 48

3 The Space Age: The 1950s to the 1970s 59

Poetries of places 59

Maps and mapping 60

Charles Olson 65

Edward Dorn 70

4 Histories of Selves: Space, Identity and Subjectivity 80

Histories and space 80

5 Space, Place and Identity 89

Catherine Walsh and Eavan Boland 103

Ralph Hawkins 106

Fanny Howe 114

Old endings and new beginnings 122

6 Now You See It: Visual Poetry and the Space of the Page 124

Histories of visual and concrete poetry 124

Visual poetry and the poetic line 131

The 1950s and 1960s 138

Graffiti artists: from clean concrete to dirty visuals 141

Pages and spaces 149

7 Through the Looking Glass: Poetry in Virtual Worlds 163.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 186-192) and index.

ISBN:

9781403997715

1403997713

OCLC:

77012814