The poetry and poetics of Michael Heller : a nomad memory / edited by Jon Curley and Burt Kimmelman.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Curley, Jon.

Kimmelman, Burt, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Heller, Michael, 1937---Criticism and interpretation.

Heller, Michael.

Heller, Michael, 1937-.

Criticism and interpretation.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

xi, 191 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Madison : Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, [2015]

Summary:

The Poetry and Poetics of Michael Heller: A Nomad Memory is the first comprehensive treatment of a singularly important American poet of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Michael Heller (b. 1937) has amassed a body of poetry and criticism that places him in the vanguard of modern literature, and this collection provides the first extensive critical treatment of his varied career. This book's multifaceted appraisal of his engagement with poetry as well as crucial ideas across various traditions establishes him as a preeminent writer among his contemporaries and younger generations, and as a major poet in any era. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 "'To Place a Word on It': Burning Maps, Drawing Networks": Michael Heller, This Constellation Is a Name; Collected Poems 1965-2010 / Tyrone Williams Williams, Tyrone 35

2 "Truth Also Is the Pursuit of It": Heller's Encounter with Oppen / Henry Weinfield Weinfield, Henry 49

3 On Michael Heller's "Stanzas Without Ozymandias" / Eric Hoffman Hoffman, Eric 59

4 "Writing in the Danger Zone": Michael Heller's Poetics of Naming / Romana Huk Huk, Romana 71

5 Why Walter Benjamin?: A Brief Note on Two Operas / Hélène Aji Aji, Hélène 95

6 "Poetics of Remembrance": Michael Heller as Memorial Candle / Elisabeth Joyce Joyce, Elisabeth 103

7 Judaism as Loss in the Poetry of Michael Heller / Stephen Fredman Fredman, Stephen 121

8 "Poetry on Abandoned Ground": Michael Heller's Eschaton / David Herd Herd, David 131.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781611476880

1611476887

OCLC:

906121830