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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : sans médiation
Auteur(s) : Burt, Stephen (1971-....)
Titre(s) : The poem is you [Texte imprimé] : 60 contemporary American poems and how to read them / Stephen Burt
Publication : Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap press of Harvard university press, 2016
Description matérielle : vii, 419 pages ; 25 cm
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references (pages 371-396) and index
Contemporary American poetry has plenty to offer new readers, and plenty more for
those who already follow it. Yet its difficulty--and sheer variety--leaves many readers
puzzled or overwhelmed. The critic, scholar, and poet Stephen Burt sets out to help.
Beginning in the early 1980s, where critical consensus ends, Burt canvasses American
poetry of the past four decades, from the headline making urgency of Claudia Rankine's
Citizen to the stark pathos of Louise Glück, the limitless energy of J. F. Herrera,
and the erotic provocations of D. A. Powell. The Poem Is You: Sixty Contemporary American
Poems and How to Read Them is a guide to the diverse magnificences of American poetry
today. It presents a wide range of poems selected by Burt for this volume, each accompanied
by an original essay explaining how a given poem works, why it matters, and how the
poem speaks to other parts of art and culture. Included here are some classroom classics
(by Ashbery, Komunyakaa, Hass), less famous poems by very famous poets (Glück, Kay
Ryan), prizewinning poets near the start of their careers (such as Brandon Som), and
others who are not--or not yet--well known. The Poem Is You will appeal to poets,
teachers, and students, but it is intended especially for readers who want to learn
more about contemporary American poetry but who have not known where or how to start.
It describes what American poets have fashioned for one another, and what they can
give us today.
Sujet(s) : Poésie américaine -- 20e siècle
Poésie américaine -- 2000-....
Genre ou forme : Poésie américaine -- 20e siècle
Anthologies
Poésie américaine -- 2000-....
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780674737877. - ISBN 0674737873
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb451921259
Notice n° :
FRBNF45192125
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