Expressivity in Modern Poetry
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- 2019
Summary
Expressivity in Modern Poetry explores three interrelated subjects. The first is a general exposition of the radical or deeply realistic aspects of the poetry and visual arts of the modem period. The focus is on the works of Ezra Pound as understood through a prism of postmodern thought. The second subject is the poetry and poetics of Charles Olson, a pivotal figure during the transition from modernism to postmodemism. The third subject is contemporary innovative poetry with special attention to transcultural, neobarroco, and language-centered aspects of composition. The grounding for this section is found in the works of William Carlos Williams, Aime Cesaire, and Jose Lezama Lima. A reversal of the relation between the center and periphery-decentering the New York-to-Paris vector-is crucial for understanding the Caribbean as a seedbed for both innovative and identity-based poetics. Wellman's purpose is to amplify the cultural importance of expressivity in a field where critical discussion is often dominated by constructivism and conceptualism. Expressivity in Modern Poetry offers a new reading of the relation between twentieth-century modernism and contemporary poetic practice.
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Bibliographic data
- Copyright year
- 2019
- ISBN-Print
- 978-1-68393-118-8
- ISBN-Online
- 978-1-68393-119-5
- Publisher
- Lexington, Lanham
- Language
- English
- Pages
- 294
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- Contents No access
- Credits No access
- Foreword No access
- Note from the Author No access
- Frequently Cited Works No access
- Preface No access
- Section One. RADICAL REALISM No access Pages 1 - 66
- Section Two. JARRING EFFECTS: CHARLES OLSON AND THE POETICS OF INCOMMENSURABLE REALITIES No access Pages 67 - 166
- Section Three. BAROQUE THREADS: STUDIES IN IMMANENCE No access Pages 167 - 260
- Conclusion No access Pages 261 - 268
- Works Cited No access Pages 269 - 284
- Index No access Pages 285 - 292
- About the Author No access Pages 293 - 294





