02989nam 2200649 a 450 991081463050332120200520144314.097866123581421-282-35814-60-520-93885-210.1525/9780520938854(CKB)1000000000799741(EBL)470914(OCoLC)609850053(SSID)ssj0000296456(PQKBManifestationID)11244992(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000296456(PQKBWorkID)10327471(PQKB)10065045(MiAaPQ)EBC470914(OCoLC)607781656(MdBmJHUP)muse30727(DE-B1597)520585(OCoLC)1100829304(DE-B1597)9780520938854(Au-PeEL)EBL470914(CaPaEBR)ebr10676241(EXLCZ)99100000000079974120050902d2006 uy 0engur|||||||nn|ntxtccrThe fire[electronic resource] collected essays of Robin Blaser /edited and with a commentary by Miriam NicholsBerkeley University of California Pressc20061 online resource (544 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-520-24510-5 0-520-24511-3 Includes bibliographical references (p. 457-479) and index.pt. I. Poetics -- pt. II. Commentaries.Spanning four decades of meditation on the avant-garde in poetry, art, and philosophy, the essays collected in The Fire reveal Robin Blaser's strikingly fresh perspective on "New American" poets, deconstructive philosophies, current events, and the state of humanities now. The essays, gathered in one volume for the first time, include commentaries on Jack Spicer, Charles Olson, Robert Duncan, Mary Butts, George Bowering, Louis Dudek, Christos Dikeakos, and J. S. Bach. Blaser emerged from the "Berkeley Renaissance" of the 1940's and 1950's having studied under legendary medieval scholar Ernst Kantorowicz and having been a major participant in the burgeoning literary scene. His response to the cultural and political events of his time has been to construct a poetic voice that offers a singular perspective on a shareable world-and to pose that voice alongside others as a source of counter memory and potential agency. Conceived as conversations, these essays brilliantly reflect that ethos as they re-read the cultural events of the past fifty years.PoeticsPoetryHistory and criticismPoetics.PoetryHistory and criticism.808.1Blaser Robin1605922Nichols Miriam1132241MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910814630503321The fire3988600UNINA