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The American avant-garde tradition : William Carlos Williams, postmodern poetry, and the politics of cultural memory /

This book addresses how discourses of cultural nationalism and avant-gardism have structured the formation of American poetry canons. Examining William Carlos Williams's importance for postmodern poetry, it underscores how his literary reputation has figured prominently in recent reconsideratio...

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Основен автор: Lowney, John, 1957-
Формат: Книга
Език: English
Публикувано: Lewisburg, Pa. : London ; Cranbury, NJ : Bucknell University Press ; Associated University Presses, c1997.
Предмети:
Williams, William Carlos, > 1883-1963 > Technique.
Williams, William Carlos, > 1883-1963 > Influence.
Politics and literature > United States > History > 20th century.
American poetry > 20th century > History and criticism.
Experimental poetry, American > History and criticism.
Postmodernism (Literature) > United States.
Avant-garde (Aesthetics) > United States.
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) > History > 20th century.
Canon (Literature)
Подобни документи: Online version:: American avant-garde tradition.
Съдържание:
  • Introduction: canon formation, avant-gardism, and William Carlos Williams's literary reputation
  • "A plot of ground": Williams's poetics of descent
  • "To witness the words being born": Williams's poetics of dissent
  • "Pure products": imitation, affiliation, and the politics of female creativity in Denise Levertov's poetry
  • "Going to sleep with quandariness": the "post-anti-esthetic" poetics of Frank O'Hara
  • "Words we have learned not to look at": George Oppen and Cold-War American culture.

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