The Necropastoral : Poetry, Media, Occults /

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"In The Necropastoral: Poetry, Media, Occults, poet Joyelle McSweeney presents an ecopoetics and a theory of Art that reflect such biological principles as degradation, proliferation, contamination, and decay. In these ambitious, bustling essays, McSweeney resituates poetry as a medium amid med...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: McSweeney, Joyelle, 1976-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, 2014.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Medialisierung
Dekadenz
Lyrik
Poetry, Modern.
Poetics.
Experimental poetry.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Poetry.
Poesie experimentale > 21e siecle > Histoire et critique.
Poetique.
Poetry, Modern > 20th century > History and criticism.
Poetry, Modern > 21st century > History and criticism.
Experimental poetry > 21st century > History and criticism.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:"In The Necropastoral: Poetry, Media, Occults, poet Joyelle McSweeney presents an ecopoetics and a theory of Art that reflect such biological principles as degradation, proliferation, contamination, and decay. In these ambitious, bustling essays, McSweeney resituates poetry as a medium amid media; hosts "strange meetings" of authors, texts, and artworks across the boundaries of genre, period, and nation; and examines such epiphenomena as translation, anachronism, and violence. Through readings of artists as diverse as Wilfred Owen, Andy Warhol, Harryette Mullen, Roberto Bolano, Aime Cesaire, and Georges Bataille, The Necropastoral shows by what strategies art persists amid lethal conditions as a spectacular, uncanny force"--
Physical Description:1 online resource (198 pages).
ISBN:9780472120741

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