Larry Eigner (1927-1996), born with cerebral palsy, was an active and significant figure for the New American Poets of the 1950s and 1960s, particularly with the Black Mountain School. While his writing has been overshadowed by his contemporaries, such as Charles Olson and Robert Creeley, Eigner's work has had a significant influence on generations of poets as he was at the center of the development of a postmodern poetics. The essays in this collection examine the breadth of Eigner's interests and influence, considering issues pertaining to ecopoetics, race and ethnicity, disability, technology, media, soundscapes, phenomenology, and popular culture.This book promises to be a foundational text for Eigner studies as well as an important addition to critical work about twentieth-century poetry and poetics. Momentous Inconclusions: The Life and Work of Larry Eigner is a valuable contribution to scholars in the field and to academics researching the intersection of disability studies and poetics.
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The essays in this collection examine the breadth of Larry Eigner's interests and influence, considering issues pertaining to ecopoetics, race and ethnicity, disability, technology, media, soundscapes, phenomenology, and popular culture.
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Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9780826362117
Publisert
2020-12-30
Utgiver
Vendor
University of New Mexico Press
Høyde
235 mm
Bredde
156 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
288
Om bidragsyterne
Jennifer Bartlett is the author of four books of poetry and the coeditor, with Michael Northen and Sheila Black, of Beauty is a Verb: The New Poetry of Disability.George Hart teaches English at California State University-Long Beach. He is the author of Inventing the Language to Tell It: Robinson Jeffers and the Biology of Consciousness.