Disappearing ink
Subtitle: poetry at the end of print culture
By: Dana Gioia.
Publisher: Graywolf Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Saint Paul, Minn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 271
Subjects: American poetry -- 20th century -- History and criticism.; Poetry -- Appreciation -- United States -- History -- 20th century.; Poetry -- Appreciation -- United States -- History -- 21st century.; American poetry -- 21st century -- History and criticism.; Oral interpretation of poetry -- History -- 20th century.; Oral interpretation of poetry -- History -- 21st century.
Description: "Dana Gioia offers insightful essays on literature's changing place in contemporary culture in this new collection." "What happens to poetry in a culture that no longer depends on books? Dana Gioia dismisses the standard cliches about poetry's precarious place in a society transformed by electronic media. Looking at both the literary world and popular entertainment, Gioia's original title essay offers an account of how new technologies and innovative forms of oral poetry - rap, slam, spoken work, performance art - are revitalizing the art in unexpected ways."--BOOK JACKET.