Robert Duncan and Denise Levertov : the poetry of politics, the politics of poetry /
Gelpi, Albert.
Bertholf, Robert J.
Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press,
2006.
Essays derived from a symposium held at Stanford University on November 7th and 8th, 2003 to mark the publication of The letters of Robert Duncan and Denise Levertov.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Decision at the apogee : Robert Duncan's anarchist critique of Denise Levertov / Robert J. Bertholf -- Robert Duncan and the question of law : Ernst Kantorowicz and the poet's two bodies / Graça Capinha -- Better to stumble to it : the start of Duncan's Letters, poems 1953-1956 / Devin Johnston -- Visions of the field in poetry and painting : Denise Levertov, Robert Duncan, and John Button / Donna Krolik Hollenberg -- My stories with Robert Duncan / Ellen Tallman -- The people's p***k : a dialectical tale / Aaron Shurin -- The Hasid and the kabbalist / John Felstiner -- Chelsea 8 : political poetry at midcentury / Brett Millier -- Poetic authority and the public sphere of politics in the activist 60s : the Duncan-Levertov debate / Anne Dewey -- Prophetic frustrations : Robert Duncan's Tribunals / Peter O'Leary -- Revolution or death : Levertov's poetry in time of war / Jose Rodriguez Herrera -- The vision of a burning babe : Southwell, Levertov, and Duncan / Paul A. Lacey -- Poetic language and language poetry : Levertov, Duncan, Creeley / Albert Gelpi.
Duncan, Robert, 1919-1988
Levertov, Denise, 1923-1997
American poetry
Politics and literature
Vietnam War, 1961-1975