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1 online resource (xv, 263 pages) |
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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? |
| Summary |
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 |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-258) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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American poetry -- 20th century -- History and criticism
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Experimental poetry, American -- History and criticism
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Ethics in literature.
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POETRY -- American -- General.
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- American -- General.
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American poetry
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Ethics in literature
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Experimental poetry, American
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Experimentelle Lyrik
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Verantwortung Motiv
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Ethik Motiv
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Lyrik -- amerikanische -- Geschichte 20. Jh.
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Experimentelle Literatur -- amerikanische -- Geschichte 20. Jh.
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USA
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781587297281 |
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1587297280 |
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