Reading Error (Paperback)

Nerys Williams

ISBN 10: 303911025X / ISBN 13: 9783039110254

Published by Verlag Peter Lang, Pieterlen, 2007

Paperback. This book considers the development of the lyric form in recent American poetry of the past three decades. By concentrating on the writing of three poets associated with language writing, Charles Bernstein, Michael Palmer and Lyn Hejinian, the discussion considers the attempts of contemporary poetry to problematise the identification of the lyric as a static model of subjectivity. Central considerations motivating the discussion are: How do contemporary lyric poets negotiate the propositions posed by postmodern thought? What reading of lyricism can one formulate once the self is displaced from centre stage and an experience of language takes its place? The book proposes that an aesthetic of error enables us to approach the reconfiguration of the lyric in recent innovative poetry. Drawing from elements of modernist poetic practice, psychoanalytic theory, language philosophy and critical theory this book pursues methods for understanding the demands placed upon the reader of contemporary poetry. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9783039110254

Synopsis:

This book considers the development of the lyric form in recent American poetry of the past three decades. By concentrating on the writing of three poets associated with language writing, Charles Bernstein, Michael Palmer and Lyn Hejinian, the discussion considers the attempts of contemporary poetry to problematise the identification of the lyric as a static model of subjectivity. Central considerations motivating the discussion are: How do contemporary lyric poets negotiate the propositions posed by postmodern thought? What reading of lyricism can one formulate once the self is displaced from centre stage and an ‘experience’ of language takes its place? The book proposes that an aesthetic of error enables us to approach the reconfiguration of the lyric in recent innovative poetry. Drawing from elements of modernist poetic practice, psychoanalytic theory, language philosophy and critical theory this book pursues methods for understanding the demands placed upon the reader of contemporary poetry.

About the Author: The Author: Originally from West Wales, Nerys Williams lectures in American Literature at the English Department in University College Dublin, Ireland. She is the recipient of an Irish Fulbright Award.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Reading Error (Paperback)
Publisher: Verlag Peter Lang, Pieterlen
Publication Date: 2007
Binding: Paperback
Condition: new