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1 online resource (x, 236 pages) : illustrations |
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Introduction: -- I. Contemporary poetry and the question of value / Andrew Michael Roberts -- II. Media, poets and politics / Jonathan Allison -- 'Vocable scriptsigns': differential poetics in Kenneth Goldsmith's Fidget and John Kinsella's Kangaroo virus / Marjorie Perloff -- Words on film: collaborative work between poets and film-makers / Vicki Bertram -- 'Appreciation of real worth': poetry, radio and the valued reader / Lilias Fraser -- Contemporary poetry and academia: the instance of informationism / Robert Crawford -- Rhetoric of value in recent British poetry anthologies / Andrew Michael Roberts -- Recent American poetry anthologies and the idea of the 'mainstream' / Alan Golding -- Progress of the avant-garde: reading/writing race and culture according to universal systems of value / Romana Huk -- Sign of democracy and the terms of poetry / Paul Breslin -- 'Where is the nation you promised?': American voice in modern Scottish and Irish poetry / Cairns Craig -- Contemporary poetry and the Great War / Jonathan Allison |
| Summary |
"Poetry and Contemporary Culture: The Question of Value addresses the place of poetry through the cultural institutions and practices which mediate our sense of its value, from anthologies and academia to film and the Internet. Attention is also given to the role of political ideologies and local, national and ethnic identities in the formation of poetic values |
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With chapters by distinguished critics from both sides of the Atlantic, the book ranges widely over contemporary poetry in America and the British Isles as well as exploring transatlantic connections. Informed by current theoretical debates around ideas of value, the chapters focus these through clear discussion of texts in various media, including the work of a wide variety of poets and movements. The book carries forward the debate on the value of contemporary poetry amongst critics, scholars and practitioners while offering rich material for students and teachers of contemporary poetry and culture."BOOK JACKET |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
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Poetry, Modern -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
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English poetry -- 20th century -- History and criticism
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American poetry -- 20th century -- History and criticism
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- Poetry.
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American poetry
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English poetry
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Poetry, Modern
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Gedichten.
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Culturele aspecten.
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Massamedia.
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Roberts, Andrew Michael
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Allison, Jonathan, 1958-
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| ISBN |
9781474472074 |
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1474472079 |
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