Dictionary poetics : toward a radical lexicography / / Craig Dworkin

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910794028703321
• Autore: Dworkin Craig Douglas
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York : , : Fordham University Press, , 2021
• ISBN: 0-8232-9032-8; 0-8232-8797-1
• Edizione: [First edition.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (272 pages) : illustrations (black and white)
• Collana: Verbal arts. Studies in poetics; Fordham scholarship online
• Disciplina: 811.509
• Soggetti: American poetry - 20th century - History and criticism; American poetry - 21st century - History and criticism; English language - Lexicography; Poetics; Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.)
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: This edition previously issued in print: 2020.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- Contents -- Introduction: Toward an Experimental Lexicography -- 1. Funk & Wagnalls Practical Standard Dictionary of the English Language and Louis Zukofsky’s Thanks to the Dictionary -- 2. Webster’s Collegiate and Louis Zukofsky’s “A” -- 3. The Oxford English Dictionary and George Oppen’s Discrete Series -- 4. Webster’s New Collegiate and the Poetry of Clark Coolidge and Bernadette Mayer -- 5. The Random House Dictionary of the English Language and the Poetry of Tina Darragh -- 6. Juba to Jive: A Dictionary of African- American Slang and Harryette Mullen’s Muse & Drudge -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Index
• Sommario/riassunto: 'Dictionary Poetics' analyses book-length poems from a number of writers who have used particular editions of specific dictionaries to structure their work. The authors include Louis Zukofsky, George Oppen, Clark Coolidge, Bernadette Mayer, Tina Darragh, and Harryette Mullen.