Poetry and language writing [[electronic resource] ] : objective and surreal / / David Arnold

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910454157803321
• Autore: Arnold David
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Liverpool, : Liverpool University Press, 2007
• ISBN: 1-78138-808-3; 1-84631-379-1
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (214 p.)
• Collana: Poetry &
• Disciplina: 811.5409
• Soggetti: Language poetry; American poetry - 20th century - History and criticism; Poetry, Modern - 20th century - History and criticism; Surrealism (Literature); Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Title Page; Contents; Acknowledgements; Permissions; 1: The Scholarly Life of Language Writing; 2: Surrealism: An Excommunicated Vessel?; 3: Under the Sign of Negation: William Carlos Williams and Surrealism; 4: The Surreal-O-bjectivist Nexus; 5: Michael Palmer's Poetics of Witness; 6: Scorch and Scan: The Writing of Susan Howe; 7: 'Just Rehashed Surrealism'? The Writing of Barrett Watten; Notes; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: It has been variously labelled 'Language Poetry', 'Language Writing', 'L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E writing' (after the magazine that ran from 1978 to 1981), and 'language-centred writing'. It has been variously defined as non-referential or of diminished reference, as textual poetry or a critique of expressivism, as a reaction against the 'workshop' poetry enshrined in creative writing departments across the United States. It has been variously described as non-academic, theory conscious, avant-garde, post-modern, and oppositional. It has been placed according to its geographical positions, on East or Wes