Poet's Prose is the first scholarly work devoted exclusively to American prose poetry and has been recognised as a pioneering study in contemporary American poetry. Many recent American poets have been writing prose; Fredman has set out to determine why and what it means. Three central works of American poets' prose are discussed in detail: William Carlos Williams' Kora in Hell, Robert Creeley's Presences, and John Ashbery's Three Poems.
In these chapters, Fredman both demonstrates how to read these difficult works and examines their philosophical seriousness. In a final chapter and a new epilogue, he discusses the newest trends in contemporary poetry, the 'talk poems' of David Antin and the prose of the Language poets, in which poet's prose forms an important aspect of the 'theoretical poetry' now being written.
| ISBN: | 9780521390989 |
| Publication date: | 21st February 1991 |
| Author: | Stephen Fredman |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 214 pages |
| Series: | Cambridge Studies in American Literature and Culture |
| Genres: |
Literary studies: poetry and poets |
Poet's Prose is the first scholarly work devoted exclusively to American prose poetry and has been recognised as a pioneering study in contemporary American poetry. Many recent American poets have been writing prose; Fredman has set out to determine why and what it means.
Poet's Prose features in the following genres: Literary studies: poetry and poets
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Poet's Prose was written by Stephen Fredman and published by Cambridge University Press
Poet's Prose has 214 pages
Yes it is part of Cambridge Studies in American Literature and Culture series
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