99 Poets/1999: An International Poetics Symposium Volume 26 Contributor(s): Bernstein, Charles (Author) |
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ISBN: 0822364670 ISBN-13: 9780822364672 Publisher: Duke University Press OUR PRICE: $13.30 Product Type: Paperback Published: April 1999 Annotation: "99 Poets/1999" presents the work of ninety-nine poets in dialogue with one another across the divides of language, culture, and temperament. With contributions from the Americas, Eastern and Western Europe, the Middle East, Australia, New Zealand, and China, the volume features responses to questions posed by the guest editor Charles Bernstein--responses that range from historical to imaginary and from philosophical to poetic. Each poet was asked to ponder a series of questions: Is identity an important issue for your work, and, if so, in what sense? What do you see as the most urgent, yet insufficiently addressed or considered, issue or issues for poetry and poetics at this moment? Do you see your work in the context of a national state, or in the context of international capital, or in some other context? After years of exchange between the artists--through translations, readings, and visits--the result is a collection of unique and significant literary works, one that is richly suggestive for the future not only of poetry but of literary and cultural studies as well. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Language Arts & Disciplines | Rhetoric - Poetry | Anthologies (multiple Authors) |
Dewey: 808.8 |
Series: Boundary 2 Book |
Physical Information: 0.79" H x 6.05" W x 9.04" (0.85 lbs) 260 pages |
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Publisher Description: 99 Poets/1999 presents the work of ninety-nine poets in dialogue with one another across the divides of language, culture, and temperament. With contributions from the Americas, Eastern and Western Europe, the Middle East, Australia, New Zealand, and China, the volume features responses to questions posed by the guest editor Charles Bernstein--responses that range from historical to imaginary and from philosophical to poetic. Each poet was asked to ponder a series of questions: Is identity an important issue for your work, and, if so, in what sense? What do you see as the most urgent, yet insufficiently addressed or considered, issue or issues for poetry and poetics at this moment? Do you see your work in the context of a national state, or in the context of international capital, or in some other context? After years of exchange between the artists--through translations, readings, and visits--the result is a collection of unique and significant literary works, one that is richly suggestive for the future not only of poetry but of literary and cultural studies as well. |