American poets in the 21st century
Subtitle: the new poetics
By: edited by Claudia Rankine and Lisa Sewell
Contributors: Rankine, Claudia, 1963-; Sewell, Lisa, 1960-
Publisher: Wesleyan University Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Middletown, Conn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 400
ISBN-13: 9780819567277; 9780819567284
Subjects: American poetry -- 21st century
Description: Understanding the current moment in poetry can be a difficult task, as the reader must sort among the avant-garde and mainstream, the traditional and the experimental. A welcome introduction to contemporary poetics, this collection represents one of the first attempts to chart the progress of a new generation of poets. Each chapter focuses on one poet, and includes a selection of poems, a brief statement of purpose by the poet, and a critical essay by a notable scholar. Working in forms ranging from the post-confessional lyric to documentary poetics, from the prose poem and the sonnet to sound poetry, these thirteen poets rank among the most notable and distinct of recent years.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index