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Record Nr.

UNINA9910465247003321

Autore

Conte Joseph M (Joseph Mark), <1960->

Titolo

Unending design : the forms of postmodern poetry / / Joseph M. Conte

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Ithaca, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : Cornell University Press, , 1991

©1991

ISBN

1-5017-0322-6

1-5017-0323-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (330 p.)

Disciplina

811.509

Soggetti

American poetry - 20th century - History and criticism

Postmodernism (Literature) - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 283-308) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction -- Serial Form -- 2. The Infinite Serial Form -- 3. The Finite Serial form -- Procedural Form -- 4. A Predetermined Form -- 5. A Generative Device -- 6. A Polemical Conclusion: The Language Poetries and the New Formalism -- Notes -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

Drawing on the work of contemporary American poets from Ashbery to Zukofsky, Joseph M. Conte elaborates an innovative typology of postmodern poetic forms. In Conte's view, looking at recent poetry in terms of the complementary methods of seriality and proceduralism offers a rewarding alternative to the familiar analytic dichotomy of "open" and "closed" forms.