236 Pages
by
Routledge
250 Pages
by
Routledge
236 Pages
by
Routledge
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From the Objectivists to e-poetry, this thoughtful and innovative book explores the dynamic relationship between the ethical imperative and poetic practice, revitalizing the study of the most prominent post-war American poets in a fresh, provocative way. Contributing to the "turn to ethics" in literary studies, the book begins with Emmanual Levinas’ philosophy, proposing that his reorientation of... Read more
List of Figures Permissions Acknowledgments 1: Introduction: The Poethical Trajectory 2: Charles Olson’s Ethics of Form in The Maximus Poems 3: Environmental Ethics in the Poetry of Gary Snyder 4: Sub-cultural Self-othering and the Beat Poetics of Allen Ginsberg 5: The Welcome of the Other: Jerome Rothenberg’s Ethnopoetics 6: Traumatised Semiotics: The Turn to Language and Bruce Andrews’ Poethical Praxis 7: Conclusion: The Performative Dialogics of Poethical Praxis Notes Bibliography Index
Biography
John Wrighton has a PhD in English from Aberystwyth University, UK.
