Radical affections : essays on the poetics of outside / Miriam Nichols.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nichols, Miriam.

Series:

Modern and contemporary poetics.

Modern and contemporary poetics

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

American poetry--20th century--History and criticism--Theory, etc.

American poetry.

American poetry--21st century--History and criticism--Theory, etc.

Experimental poetry--20th century--History and criticism--Theory, etc.

Experimental poetry.

Experimental poetry--21st century--History and criticism--Theory, etc.

Poetics.

Versification.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (368 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In 1950 the poet Charles Olson published his influential essay "Projective Verse" in which he proposed a poetry of "open field" composition-to replace traditional closed poetic forms with improvised forms that would reflect exactly the content of the poem. The poets and poetry that have followed in the wake of the "projectivist" movement-the Black Mountain group, the New York School, the San Francisco Renaissance, and the Language poets-have since been studied at length. But more often than not they have been studied through the lens of continental theory wit

Contents:

Introduction : how to walk on the slippery earth

Charles Olson : architect of place

Robert Creeley : occasional verse

Robert Duncan : master of rime

Jack Spicer : castle of skin and glass

Robin Blaser : the practice of outside

Susan Howe : a special view of history.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-8173-8441-3

OCLC:

772459661