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Monster : distortion, abstraction, and originality in contemporary American poetry / Mark Irwin.
LIBRA PS326 .I79 2017
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Irwin, Mark, 1952- author.
- Series:
- Studies in modern poetry ; v. 21.
- Studies in Modern Poetry ; Vol. 21
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- American poetry--21st century--History and criticism.
- American poetry.
- American poetry--20th century--History and criticism.
- Experimental poetry, American--History and criticism.
- Experimental poetry, American.
- Literature and technology.
- Poetics--History.
- Poetics.
- History.
- Originality in literature.
- Abstraction in literature.
- Genre:
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xviii, 208 pages ; 24 cm.
- Other Title:
- Distortion, abstraction, and originality in contemporary American poetry
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Peter Lang, [2017]
- Summary:
- Monster: Distortion, Abstraction, and Originality in Contemporary American Poetry' argues that memorable and resonant poetry often distorts form, image, concept, and notions of truth and metaphor.
- Contents:
- Preface
- Distortion in the contemporary lyric and prose poem
- Distortion and disjunction in contemporary American poetry
- Distortion within poetry, nature, culture, and media
- Poetry, reality, & place in a placeless world of global communication
- Toward a wilderness of the artificial
- Concept, hyperbole, and truth as forms of abstraction in poetry
- The poem as concept
- Three notions of truth in poetry
- Distortion, transition, and memorability in poetry
- Raising poetry to a higher power
- Poetry & memorability
- Temporal distortion & originality in poetry
- Poetry & originality: "have you been there before?"
- Origin, presence, and time in the poetry of W.S. Merwin
- Jorie Graham: kite's body and beyond
- A romp through Ruefleland: Mary Ruefle's Selected poems & Madness, rack, and honey: collected lectures
- Myth and archetype as forms of abstraction
- Orpheus, Parzival, and Bartleby: ways of abstraction in poetry.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Laura Jan Meyerson Poetry Fund.
- ISBN:
- 9781433134050
- 1433134055
- OCLC:
- 960968950
- Publisher Number:
- 99976677897
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