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- catalog abstract "This book addresses how discourses of cultural nationalism and avant-gardism have structured the formation of American poetry canons. Examining William Carlos Williams's importance for postmodern poetry, it underscores how his literary reputation has figured prominently in recent reconsiderations of twentieth-century American literary history. The postmodern poets responding to Williams emphasize not only the cultural politics of constructing literary reputations, but also a more fundamental assumption that governs canon formation, the assumption that "poetic language" excludes speech types marking social difference. Williams's commitment to experimentation and the destruction of traditional forms allies his poetics with the critical stance of the international avant-garde. His writing is especially sensitive, however, to linguistic registers of social difference in the United States. Focusing especially on Williams's early experimentation with poetic form, through Spring and All, but also on his critical and imaginative prose, such as In the American Grain, this book argues that two contingent rhetorical motives structure his response to cultural change: what Lowney calls the "poetics of descent" and the "poetics of dissent."".
- catalog contributor b10062007.
- catalog created "c1997.".
- catalog date "1997".
- catalog date "c1997.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1997.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
- catalog description "Introduction: canon formation, avant-gardism, and William Carlos Williams's literary reputation -- "A plot of ground": Williams's poetics of descent -- "To witness the words being born": Williams's poetics of dissent -- "Pure products": imitation, affiliation, and the politics of female creativity in Denise Levertov's poetry -- "Going to sleep with quandariness": the "post-anti-esthetic" poetics of Frank O'Hara -- "Words we have learned not to look at": George Oppen and Cold-War American culture.".
- catalog description "This book addresses how discourses of cultural nationalism and avant-gardism have structured the formation of American poetry canons. Examining William Carlos Williams's importance for postmodern poetry, it underscores how his literary reputation has figured prominently in recent reconsiderations of twentieth-century American literary history. The postmodern poets responding to Williams emphasize not only the cultural politics of constructing literary reputations, but also a more fundamental assumption that governs canon formation, the assumption that "poetic language" excludes speech types marking social difference.".
- catalog description "Williams's commitment to experimentation and the destruction of traditional forms allies his poetics with the critical stance of the international avant-garde. His writing is especially sensitive, however, to linguistic registers of social difference in the United States. Focusing especially on Williams's early experimentation with poetic form, through Spring and All, but also on his critical and imaginative prose, such as In the American Grain, this book argues that two contingent rhetorical motives structure his response to cultural change: what Lowney calls the "poetics of descent" and the "poetics of dissent."".
- catalog extent "175 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "American avant-garde tradition.".
- catalog identifier "0838753337 (alk. paper)".
- catalog isFormatOf "American avant-garde tradition.".
- catalog issued "1997".
- catalog issued "c1997.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Lewisburg : Bucknell University Press ; London ; Cranbury, NJ : Associated University Presses,".
- catalog relation "American avant-garde tradition.".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog spatial "United States.".
- catalog subject "811/.52 20".
- catalog subject "American poetry 20th century History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "Avant-garde (Aesthetics) United States.".
- catalog subject "Canon (Literature)".
- catalog subject "Experimental poetry, American History and criticism.".
- catalog subject "Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.) History 20th century.".
- catalog subject "Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)".
- catalog subject "PS3545.I544 Z62 1996".
- catalog subject "Politics and literature United States History 20th century.".
- catalog subject "Postmodernism (Literature) United States.".
- catalog subject "Williams, William Carlos, 1883-1963 Criticism and interpretation.".
- catalog subject "Williams, William Carlos, 1883-1963 Influence.".
- catalog subject "Williams, William Carlos, 1883-1963 Technique.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Introduction: canon formation, avant-gardism, and William Carlos Williams's literary reputation -- "A plot of ground": Williams's poetics of descent -- "To witness the words being born": Williams's poetics of dissent -- "Pure products": imitation, affiliation, and the politics of female creativity in Denise Levertov's poetry -- "Going to sleep with quandariness": the "post-anti-esthetic" poetics of Frank O'Hara -- "Words we have learned not to look at": George Oppen and Cold-War American culture.".
- catalog title "The American avant-garde tradition : William Carlos Williams, postmodern poetry, and the politics of cultural memory / John Lowney.".
- catalog type "Criticism, interpretation, etc. fast".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".