Paratextual communities
Subtitle: American avant-garde poetry since 1950
By: Susan Vanderborg.
Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Carbondale
Language: eng
Number of pages: 156
Subjects: American poetry -- 20th century -- History and criticism.; Avant-garde (Aesthetics) -- United States -- History -- 20th century.; Experimental poetry, American -- History and criticism.; Poetry -- History and criticism -- Theory, etc.; Intertextuality.
Other titles: American avant-garde poetry since 1950
Description: "Susan Vanderborg examines the role of paratexts - notes, prefaces, marginalia, and source documents - in shaping the reading communities for American experimental poetry published since 1950." "Vanderborg examines both the innovations and the limitations of paratexts in redefining the poet's community, using the writing of six poets who represent different stages in the evolution of this form: Charles Olson, Jack Spicer, Susan Howe, Charles Bernstein, Lorenzo Thomas, and Johanna Drucker.".

"Although interest in paratexts has been increasing, Paratextual Communities is the first book-length study of their role in contemporary American avant-garde poetry. Sixteen illustrations enhance this book."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 141-149) and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction 1 2. Parentheses and Presentation Prose: Community in Charles Olson's Paratexts 23 3. "Created to Explain": Jack Spicer's Exegetical Paratexts 42 4. The Palimpsest as Communal Lyric: Susan Howe's Paratextual Sources 62 5. "The Constitution of Public Space": Charles Bernstein's Language Paratexts 84 6. Illustrated Histories: The Paratextual Narratives of Lorenzo Thomas and Johanna Drucker 103.