LEADER 02728nam 2200577 a 450 001 9910454143703321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-58729-728-0 035 $a(CKB)1000000000575953 035 $a(EBL)843154 035 $a(OCoLC)609870388 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000223040 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11190465 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000223040 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10175638 035 $a(PQKB)10040028 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC843154 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse8990 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL843154 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10354422 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000575953 100 $a20080428d2008 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aPoetic obligation$b[electronic resource] $eethics in experimental American poetry after 1945 /$fG. Matthew Jenkins 210 $aIowa City $cUniversity of Iowa Press$dc2008 215 $a1 online resource (283 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-58729-635-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [243]-258) and index. 327 $aIntroduction: 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? 330 $aSince 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. 606 $aAmerican poetry$y20th century$xHistory and criticism 606 $aExperimental poetry, American$xHistory and criticism 606 $aEthics in literature 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aAmerican poetry$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aExperimental poetry, American$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aEthics in literature. 676 $a811/.5409 700 $aJenkins$b Grant Matthew$0980097 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910454143703321 996 $aPoetic obligation$92235334 997 $aUNINA