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Paratextual communities : American avant-garde poetry since 1950

Author: Susan Vanderborg
Publisher: Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, ©2001.
Edition/Format:   Book : State or province government publication : English
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"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  Read more...
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Vanderborg, Susan, 1967-
Paratextual communities.
Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, c2001
(OCoLC)606662458
Material Type: Government publication, State or province government publication, Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Susan Vanderborg
ISBN: 0809323230 9780809323234
OCLC Number: 45308803
Description: xiv, 156 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents: 1. Introduction --
2. Parentheses and Presentation Prose: Community in Charles Olson's Paratexts --
3. "Created to Explain": Jack Spicer's Exegetical Paratexts --
4. The Palimpsest as Communal Lyric: Susan Howe's Paratextual Sources --
5. "The Constitution of Public Space": Charles Bernstein's Language Paratexts --
6. Illustrated Histories: The Paratextual Narratives of Lorenzo Thomas and Johanna Drucker.
Other Titles: American avant-garde poetry since 1950
Responsibility: Susan Vanderborg.
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Abstract:

"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.

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