Writing during the Disasters : Modes of Rendering Suffering in Contemporary Experimental American Poetry

Marius Henderson

ISBN 10: 3825349675 / ISBN 13: 9783825349677

Published by Universitätsverlag Winter Aug 2024, 2024

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Neuware - 'Writing during the Disasters' is devoted to conceptualizing the relation between suffering and poetic writing. This monograph investigates contemporary experimental American poetry which addresses forms of suffering that are largely entwined with structural dynamics. The book elaborates how particular poetic practices 'materialize' and 'write through' ongoing conditions of suffering which shape the present. In its interaction with works by seven poets and one artist collective, this study mobilizes and interlaces a variety of critical theoretical approaches - from affect theory, queer theory, Afro-pessimism, Black feminism, and new materialisms to psychoanalysis, dialectical materialism, and deconstruction. Moreover, this study develops novel terminological renditions of the nexus between suffering and literary representation. Ultimately, 'Writing during the Disasters' also argues for 'suffering' to be considered a valid and more prominent category of analysis in cultural and literary studies.; Dissertationsschrift.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Writing during the Disasters : Modes of Rendering Suffering in Contemporary Experimental American Poetry
• Publisher: Universitätsverlag Winter Aug 2024
• Publication Date: 2024
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3825349675
• ISBN 13: 9783825349677
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 216W x 139H x 27D millimeters 216 millimeters width by 139 millimeters height by 27 millimeters depth
• Weight: 518 grams

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'Writing during the Disasters' is devoted to conceptualizing the relation between suffering and poetic writing. This monograph investigates contemporary experimental American poetry which addresses forms of suffering that are largely entwined with structural dynamics. The book elaborates how particular poetic practices "materialize" and "write through" ongoing conditions of suffering which shape the present. In its interaction with works by seven poets and one artist collective, this study mobilizes and interlaces a variety of critical theoretical approaches - from affect theory, queer theory, Afropessimism, Black feminism, and new materialisms to psychoanalysis, dialectical materialism, and deconstruction. Moreover, this study develops novel terminological renditions of the nexus between suffering and literary representation. Ultimately, 'Writing during the Disasters' argues for "suffering" to be considered a valid and more prominent category of analysis in cultural and literary studies.