A Poetics by Charles Bernstein
In a wild variety of topics, polemic, and styles, Bernstein surveys the poetry scene and addresses hot issues of poststructuralist literary theory. What role should poetics play in contemporary culture? Bernstein finds the answer in dissent, in both argument and forma poetic language that resists being absorbed into the conventions of our culture.
The pieces collected in A Poetics are remarkable not only for the ever-changing spin they put on language, but also for expanding our sense of the consequences of this rethinking of poetic form(s) in the broadest sense-- Jan Plug * L’Esprit Créateur *
Charles Bernstein’s critical prose is the extension of his increasingly important poetic oeuvre. In their theoretical sophistication, their radical formal construction, and, above all, their great boldness and originality, many of the essays in this book have already become underground classics, providing us with a roadmap for how to come to terms with the verbal/visual art and culture of our own time. Part manifesto, part critique, part stringent analysis, A Poetics carries on the tradition of Pound’s ABC of Reading and Stein’s Lectures in America. -- Marjorie Perloff, Stanford University
Charles Bernstein’s critical prose is the extension of his increasingly important poetic oeuvre. In their theoretical sophistication, their radical formal construction, and, above all, their great boldness and originality, many of the essays in this book have already become underground classics, providing us with a roadmap for how to come to terms with the verbal/visual art and culture of our own time. Part manifesto, part critique, part stringent analysis, A Poetics carries on the tradition of Pound’s ABC of Reading and Stein’s Lectures in America. -- Marjorie Perloff, Stanford University
At the State University of New York in Buffalo, Charles Bernstein is the David Gray Professor of Poetry and Letters. He is the author of more than twenty books of poetry, including Islets/Irritations and Republics of Reality: 1975-1995, in addition to My Way: Speeches and Poems. He is also the author of two collections of essays, A Poetics and Content's Dream, and more than twenty collections of essays, A Poetics and Content's Dream.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780674678576 |
| ISBN 10 | 0674678575 |
| Title | A Poetics |
| Author | Charles Bernstein |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Harvard University Press |
| Year published | 1992-02-01 |
| Number of pages | 240 |
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