(Re:) working the ground
Subtitle: essays on the late writings of Robert Duncan
By: edited and with an introduction by James Maynard
Series: Modern and contemporary poetry and poetics
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 252
ISBN-13: 9780230108103
Subjects: LITERARY CRITICISM / American / General; Criticism and interpretation; LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry; LITERARY CRITICISM / General
Description: "This collection focuses on the remarkable late writings of Robert Duncan (1919-1988). Written by emerging and established scholars, the essays present diverse readings of Duncan's work, addressing such topics as the evolution of Ground Work, the relation of the later poetry to earlier phases of his writing, its historical and cultural relevance, the theoretical concerns informing Duncan's poetics, and the significance of his later prose. Overall, this volume--which includes uncollected and unpublished writings by Duncan himself--offers a comprehensive introduction to the complex ground of his late writings while demonstrating a wide range of possibilities for their critical reading"--