(Re:) working the ground : essays on the late writings of Robert Duncan / edited by James Maynard.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Maynard, James, 1974-

Series:

Modern and contemporary poetry and poetics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Duncan, Robert, 1919-1988--Criticism and interpretation.

Duncan, Robert.

Duncan, Robert, 1919-1988.

Criticism and interpretation.

Physical Description:

x, 252 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

Reworking the ground

Place of Publication:

New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.

Summary:

"This collection focuses on the remarkable late writings of Robert Duncan (1919-1988). Written by emerging and established scholars, the essays present diverse readings of Duncan's work, addressing such topics as the evolution of Ground Work, the relation of the later poetry to earlier phases of his writing, its historical and cultural relevance, the theoretical concerns informing Duncan's poetics, and the significance of his later prose. Overall, this volume--which includes uncollected and unpublished writings by Duncan himself--offers a comprehensive introduction to the complex ground of his late writings while demonstrating a wide range of possibilities for their critical reading"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

(Re:)Working the Ground: An Introduction / James Maynard Maynard, James

Previously Uncollected and Unpublished Writings / Robert Duncan Duncan, Robert

from: A Prospectus for the Prepublication Issue of Ground Work

Before the War: Preface

In Passage

Essays

Into the Serial Forms of "The Regulators / Robert J. Bertholf Bertholf, Robert J.

Duncan Étude III: Intellectual Property or the Poetic Commons / Stephen Collis Collis, Stephen

Before Caesar's Gate, Robert Duncan Comes to Grief: The Vietnam War and the "Unengendered Child" / Stephen Fredman Fredman, Stephen

Robert Duncan's Craft Exchanges: Doing Ground Work in the Pastoral / Jeff Hamilton Hamilton, Jeff

The Needs of Ghosts: On Poems from the Margins of Thom Gunn's "Moly" / Devin Johnston Johnston, Devin

Robert Duncan's Radical Humanism; or, On the Crises of Reading and Falling in Love / Eric Keenaghan Keenaghan, Eric

Duncan's Celestial Hierarchy / Peter O'Leary O'Leary, Peter

Genreading and Underwriting (in) Robert Duncan's Ground Work / Clément Oudart Oudart, Clément

Robert Duncan and Gertrude Stein from Writing Writing to Ground Work II / Brian M. Reed Reed, Brian M.

The Story Told of What Cannot Be Told / Dennis Tedlock Tedlock, Dennis

"[T]he poem / as a shatterd pitcher of rock crystal" : "An Essay at War" as Groundwork for Robert Duncan's Later Poetry / Kimberlee Winter Winter, Kimberlee.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780230108103

0230108105

OCLC:

682891243