Contested records : the turn to documents in contemporary North American poetry /

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"Why have so many contemporary poets turned to source material, from newspapers to governmental records, as inspiration for their poetry? How can citational poems offer a means of social engagement? What are the advantages and perils of appropriating text? Synthesizing research in cultural memo...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Leong, Michael (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, [2020]
Series:Contemporary North American poetry series.
Subjects:
1900-2099
Documentary poetry, American > History and criticism.
American poetry > 20th century > History and criticism.
American poetry > 21st century > History and criticism.
Poésie américaine > 20e siècle > Histoire et critique.
LITERARY CRITICISM / General
American poetry.
Found poetry, American.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: documental poetics
  • "It matters what you call a thing": documentary, investigative, conceptual, documental
  • Documentation, paranoia, and aspiration: on Amiri Baraka and R.B. Kitaj
  • "Work itself is given a voice": labor, deskilling, and reskilling in Kenneth Goldsmith and Mark Nowak
  • The fate of late conceptualism
  • Meta-publicity and the public sphere: on Claudia Rankine and Kenneth Goldsmith
  • Afterword: whither poetry?

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