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The contemporary poetry archive : essays and interventions / edited by Linda Anderson, Mark Byers and Ahren Warner.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Anderson, Linda, Author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Poetry--History and criticism.
- Poetry.
- Genre:
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Poetry.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (235 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, [2019]
- Summary:
- Explores critical and creative responses to the contemporary poetry archiveProvides an innovative new dialogue between critics and creative writers on the value and practice of the literary archiveExpandes the scope for understanding perspectives on, and the opposition between, creative and critical relations to archival materialsOpens up a new cross-disciplinary agenda for thinking the archive as both a source for scholarship and a source of inspiration for creative practiceThese 13 newly commissioned chapters examine the impact of archival poetry collections on both literary scholarship and poetic practice. They examine what we can learn from the drafts, notebooks and personal libraries left behind by poets and look at the ways in which the growth of poetry archives has changed the way poets think about their work. The contributing poets and scholars – including Susan Howe, Sean O’Brien and George Szirtes – present an in-depth account of the significance of poetry archives for contemporary literature. The collection provides a new cross-disciplinary agenda for thinking about the archive as both a source for scholarship and inspiration for creative practice.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Notes on Contributors
- Preface
- 1. Introduction: Poetry, Theory, Archives
- 2. T. S. Eliot and Derek Mahon: A Tale of Two Archives
- 3. Archival Poetics: Containing Multitudes
- 4. Digital Baedecker: A Feminist Experiment with Mina Loy’s Archive
- 5. Louis MacNeice and His Archives
- 6. On Efficiency: John Updike’s Poetry Archives
- 7. Sylvia Plath’s Library: The Marginal Archive
- 8. ‘Library of Opaque Memory’: Spectral Archives in Brandon Som, Mai Der Vang and Bhanu Kapil
- 9. Opening the Box: Exploring the Bloodaxe Archive
- 10. ‘I am Already Historical’: In the Archive
- 11. The Archive and the Mirror
- 12. AA(A), or Affect, Archives and Anecdotes
- 13. Musée des Fragments: The Secret Memories of Ordinary Things
- Further Reading
- Index
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781474432450
- 147443245X
- 9781474432467
- 1474432468
- OCLC:
- 1312725896
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