The Bloomsbury handbook of contemporary American poetry / edited by Craig Svonkin.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gould Axelrod, Steven, editor.

Svonkin, Craig, editor.

Series:

Bloomsbury handbooks

Bloomsbury Handbooks

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Literary studies.

Poetry.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Edition:

1st ed.

Distribution:

London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2023.

Place of Publication:

London : Bloomsbury Academic, 2023.

System Details:

text file

HTML/PDF

Summary:

With chapters written by leading scholars such as Steven Gould Axelrod, Cary Nelson, Aldon Lynn Nielsen and Marjorie Perloff, this comprehensive Handbook explores the full range and diversity of poetry and criticism in 21st-century America. The Bloomsbury Handbook of Contemporary American Poetry covers such topics as: · Major histories and genealogies of post-war poetry - from the language poets and the Black Arts Movement to New York school and the Beats · Poetry, identity and community - from African American, Chicana/o and Native American poetry to Queer verse and the poetics of disability · Key genres and forms - including digital, visual, documentary and children's poetry · Central critical themes - economics, publishing, popular culture, ecopoetics, translation and biography The book also includes an interview section in which major contemporary poets such as Rae Armantrout, Charles Bernstein and Claudia Rankine reflect on the craft and value of poetry today..

Contents:

Acknowledgments Introduction Part One Roots and Branches of the Contemporary 1. A Conversation with Marjorie Perloff Susan McCabe, Brian Reed, and Steven Gould Axelrod 2. The Feminist Poetry Movement in America Bethany Hicok 3. American Poetry and War Cary Nelson 4. Experimental Asian American Poetry Josephine Nock-Hee Park 5. Undisciplined Writing: Postwar Prose Poetry Michel Delville 6. Lowell's Turtles Stephanie Burt 7. Subjectivity and Identity in New York School Poetry Terence Diggory 8. Jewish American Poetry and the Late Twentieth-Century Literary Canon Hilene Flanzbaum 9. The Autobiographical Prose of Poets Grzegorz Kosc 10. Queer Poetry after 1945 Laura Westengard 11. From Shingled Hippo to Gay Unicorn: Self-Othering in Bob Kaufman and Other Beats Craig Svonkin 12. The National Anthology Wars and West Coast Anthologies Bill Mohr 13. The Black Art of Confession Steven Gould Axelrod 14. Binding Nation-States: Poetry Anthologies of Hawai'i, 1966-2018 Stanley Orr 15. The Poetics of Chicana Daughterhood: Cherr i e Moraga and Lorna Dee Cervantes Lisette Ordovica Lasater Part Two Interviews with Poets 16. Mitsuye Yamada Steven Gould Axelrod, Craig Svonkin, and Traise Yamamoto 17. Marilyn Nelson Craig Svonkin 18. Rae Armantrout Steven Gould Axelrod and Craig Svonkin 19. Lorna Dee Cervantes Steven Gould Axelrod and Craig Svonkin 20. Marilyn Chin Steven Gould Axelrod and Craig Svonkin 21. Geof Huth Joseph T. Thomas Jr. 22. Juan Delgado Craig Svonkin 23. Claudia Rankine Andrew Lyndon Knighton 24. Crisosto Apache Craig Svonkin and Steven Gould Axelrod 25. Joshua Jennifer Espinoza Steven Gould Axelrod and Craig Svonkin Part Three The Contemporary Moment 26. A Conversation with Stephanie Burt Craig Svonkin and Steven Gould Axelrod 27. Ecopoetics: In and against the American Grain James McCorkle 28. Economies of Scale: Contemporary Poetry and the Marketplace Ann Keniston 29. Contemporary Children's Poetry: A Colloquy Craig Svonkin, Mike Cadden, Richard Flynn, Michael Heyman, Krystal Howard, Michael Joseph, JonArno Lawson, Lissa Paul, and Joseph T. Thomas Jr. 30. Multilingual American Poetry and Poetics Maria Lauret 31. Claiming Their Place: Contemporary Arab American Poetry and Poetics Richard Hishmeh 32. The Rise of Award-Winning Black Poets Howard Rambsy II 33. The Fourth Wave in Native American Poetics Erika Wurth 34. Recent Trends in Jewish American Poetry Norman Finkelstein 35. What Is the Queer Confessional? Jan Maramot Rodil 36. Poetry Translation and Poet-Translators Brian Reed 37. Prosthetic Poetics: Contemporary Poetry of Disability Jessica Lewis Luck 38. Data Dump: Poetry and Information in the Twenty-First Century Jeffrey Gray LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS INDEX (BY KEY TERMS AND AUTHORS).

ISBN:

9781350062535

OCLC:

1350420654

Access Restriction:

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