Book contents
- The Cambridge Introduction to American Poetry since 1945
- The Cambridge Introduction to American Poetry since 1945
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I American Poetry from 1945 to 1970
- Part II American Poetry from 1970 to 2000
- Chapter 8 A New “Mainstream” Period Style in Poetry of the 1970s and 1980s
- Chapter 9 Language Poetry
- Chapter 10 Feminism and Women’s Poetry from 1970 to 2000
- Chapter 11 Diversity, Identity, and Poetry from 1970 to 2000
- Part III Into the New Millennium American Poetry from 2000 to the Present
- Works Cited
- Index
- Cambridge Introductions to Literature
Chapter 9 - Language Poetry
from Part II - American Poetry from 1970 to 2000
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 01 December 2022
- The Cambridge Introduction to American Poetry since 1945
- The Cambridge Introduction to American Poetry since 1945
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I American Poetry from 1945 to 1970
- Part II American Poetry from 1970 to 2000
- Chapter 8 A New “Mainstream” Period Style in Poetry of the 1970s and 1980s
- Chapter 9 Language Poetry
- Chapter 10 Feminism and Women’s Poetry from 1970 to 2000
- Chapter 11 Diversity, Identity, and Poetry from 1970 to 2000
- Part III Into the New Millennium American Poetry from 2000 to the Present
- Works Cited
- Index
- Cambridge Introductions to Literature
Summary
This chapter introduces the controversial movement known as Language poetry, one of the most significant, influential avant-garde poetry movement of the later twentieth century. It traces Language poetry’s origins and examines its theoretical, aesthetic, and political commitments. The chapter explores the fierce debates surrounding Language poetry’s rise and its institutionalization and canonization, and its outsized influence. It discusses some of the major features of Language poetics, including its radical experimentation with form and its postmodernist attitudes about the nature of language and the self. The chapter looks closely at work by a number of leading practitioners of Language poetry, including Charles Bernstein, Ron Silliman, Lyn Hejinian, Rae Armantrout, and Susan Howe.
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- The Cambridge Introduction to American Poetry since 1945 , pp. 145 - 159Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022