02692nam 2200577 a 450 991081455600332120200520144314.01-58729-728-0(CKB)1000000000575953(EBL)843154(OCoLC)609870388(SSID)ssj0000223040(PQKBManifestationID)11190465(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000223040(PQKBWorkID)10175638(PQKB)10040028(MiAaPQ)EBC843154(MdBmJHUP)muse8990(Au-PeEL)EBL843154(CaPaEBR)ebr10354422(EXLCZ)99100000000057595320080428d2008 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrPoetic obligation ethics in experimental American poetry after 1945 /G. Matthew Jenkins1st ed.Iowa City University of Iowa Pressc20081 online resource (283 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-58729-635-7 Includes bibliographical references (p. [243]-258) and index.Introduction: The double-double turn -- pt. 1. Objectivist poethics -- Saying obligations: George Oppen's Of being numerous -- A phenomenology of judgment: Charles Reznikoff's Holocaust -- pt. 2. Excess and eros. The ethics of excess: Edward Dorn's Gunslinger -- The body ethical: Robert Duncan's Passages -- pt. 3. An ethics of sexual alterity. The nearnes sof poetry: Susan Howe's The nonconformist's memorial -- Permeable ethics: Lyn Hejinian's The cell -- Conclusion: What difference does poetic obligation make?Since at least the time of Plato's Republic, the relationship between poetry and ethics has been troubled. Through the prism of what has been called the "new" ethical criticism, inspired by the work of Emmanuel Levinas, G. Matthew Jenkins considers the works of Objectivists, Black Mountain poets, and Language poets in light of their full potential to reshape this ancient relationship.American poetry20th centuryHistory and criticismExperimental poetry, AmericanHistory and criticismEthics in literatureAmerican poetryHistory and criticism.Experimental poetry, AmericanHistory and criticism.Ethics in literature.811/.5409Jenkins Grant Matthew1701241MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910814556003321Poetic obligation4084832UNINA