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Author: Kevin Prufer
Publisher: SIU Press
ISBN: 9780809323098
Size: 44.93 MB
Format: PDF, ePub, Docs
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 243
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Book Description: A collection of the works of forty American poets born since 1960.

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Size: 50.21 MB
Format: PDF, ePub
Category : American poetry
Languages : en
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Author: Lisa Jarnot
Publisher: Talisman House Pub
ISBN:
Size: 73.41 MB
Format: PDF, Kindle
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 352
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Book Description: New Poets: An Anthology brings together representative selections from thirty-five young American writers (all of them under forty and the majority still in their twenties and early thirties) who are among the finest and most promising working today. Experimenting with form, the revitalization of the lyric, and an undogmatic approach to the fundamental questions of language and writing, they offer a panoramic view of the revolution that is overtaking American poetry at the end of the century. This is the cutting edge, the avant-garde as it exists now. Subordinating their work to no precedents and no expectations, they stand at the dividing line between postmodernist aesthetics and the future. Painting, philosophy, cross-cultural myth, and the critique of popular culture all are implicated in the energies of these new poetries, which might, over-all, be described as Maximalism, conscious of tradition but not beholden to it.Perhaps what is most remarkable is that, in the market-driven nineties, with its cut-throat economics and diminished support for the arts, such a poetry has come into existence at all. One can only be impressed by the range and verve of this underground commitment to the fire of the written word. The anthology includes an introduction by Lisa Jarnot and an afterword by Christopher Stroffolino.

Author: Ann Keniston
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476600554
Size: 35.96 MB
Format: PDF, ePub
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 280
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Book Description: This anthology of poetry collects 21st century American works by both established and emerging poets that deal with the public events, government policies, ecological and political threats, economic uncertainties, and large-scale violence that have largely defined the century to date. But these 138 poems by 50 poets do not simply describe, lament, or bear witness to contemporary events; they also explore the linguistic, temporal, and imaginative problems involved in doing so. In this way, the anthology offers a comprehensive look at contemporary American poetry, demonstrating that poets are moving at once toward a new engagement with public concerns and toward a focus on the problems of representation. A detailed introduction by the editors along with poetics statements by many of the poets add depth and context to a book that will appeal to anyone interested in the state and evolution of contemporary American poetry. Instructors considering this book for use in a course may request an examination copy here.

Author: Victoria M. Chang
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
ISBN: 9780252071744
Size: 66.37 MB
Format: PDF, Mobi
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 194
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Book Description: A modern poetry anthology that includes the work of a second generation of Asian American poets who are taking the best of the prior generation, but also breaking conventional patterns.

Author: Claudia Rankine
Publisher: Wesleyan University Press
ISBN: 9780819567284
Size: 13.51 MB
Format: PDF, ePub
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 400
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Book Description: The ideal introduction to the current generation of American poets

Author: Bread Loaf Writers' Conference of Middlebury College
Publisher: UPNE
ISBN: 9780874519648
Size: 60.79 MB
Format: PDF
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 280
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Book Description: A stellar collection celebrates the vitality of American poetry at the turn of the new century. Collier is director of the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference which encourages the most promising new and young writers in America. 59 illustrations.

Author: Linda Cullum
Publisher: Greenwood Publishing Group
ISBN: 9780313324840
Size: 69.43 MB
Format: PDF, ePub
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 326
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Book Description: Alphabetically arranged entries explore the lives and works of seventy-five contemporary poets representing a dozen different ethnic backgrounds.

Author: Steven Gould Axelrod
Publisher: Rutgers University Press
ISBN: 0813562902
Size: 73.63 MB
Format: PDF, Kindle
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 592
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Book Description: Steven Gould Axelrod, Camille Roman, and Thomas Travisano continue the standard of excellence set in Volumes I and II of this extraordinary anthology. Volume III provides the most compelling and wide-ranging selection available of American poetry from 1950 to the present. Its contents are just as diverse and multifaceted as America itself and invite readers to explore the world of poetry in the larger historical context of American culture. Nearly three hundred poems allow readers to explore canonical works by such poets as Elizabeth Bishop, Robert Lowell, and Sylvia Plath, as well as song lyrics from such popular musicians as Bob Dylan and Queen Latifah. Because contemporary American culture transcends the borders of the continental United States, the anthology also includes numerous transnational poets, from Julia de Burgos to Derek Walcott. Whether they are the works of oblique avant-gardists like John Ashbery or direct, populist poets like Allen Ginsberg, all of the selections are accompanied by extensive introductions and footnotes, making the great poetry of the period fully accessible to readers for the first time.

Author: Wenying Xu
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
ISBN: 0810855771
Size: 21.23 MB
Format: PDF
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 389
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Book Description: The Historical Dictionary of Asian American Literature and Theater covers the history of Asian American literature and theater through a chronology, an introductory essay, and an extensive bibliography. The dictionary section has over 600 cross-referenced entries on authors, books, and genres. This book is an excellent access point for students, researchers, and anyone wanting to know more about this important topic.