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American Hybrid: A Norton Anthology of New Poetry
Cole Swensen
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Description for American Hybrid: A Norton Anthology of New Poetry
Paperback. This spirited anthology of contemporary American poetry focuses on the new poem--the hybrid--a synthesis of traditional and experimental styles. Editor(s): St. John, Dr. David; Swensen, Cole. Num Pages: 560 pages, 3. BIC Classification: DCQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 144 x 32. Weight in Grams: 726.
As Cole Swensen argues in the introduction to this comprehensive new anthology, the long-acknowledged "fundamental division" between experimental and traditional is disappearing in American poetry in favor of hybrid approaches that blend trends from accessible lyricism to linguistic exploration. The focus in American Hybrid is on the blend; the more than seventy poets featured here--including Jorie Graham, Albert Goldbarth, and Lyn Hejinian--have found new and often unique ways to reconfigure the innumerable and sometimes conflicting voices of the past thirty years. The editors have crafted short introductory essays on each of the poets in the anthology, providing biographical backgrounds and ... Read more
As Cole Swensen argues in the introduction to this comprehensive new anthology, the long-acknowledged "fundamental division" between experimental and traditional is disappearing in American poetry in favor of hybrid approaches that blend trends from accessible lyricism to linguistic exploration. The focus in American Hybrid is on the blend; the more than seventy poets featured here--including Jorie Graham, Albert Goldbarth, and Lyn Hejinian--have found new and often unique ways to reconfigure the innumerable and sometimes conflicting voices of the past thirty years. The editors have crafted short introductory essays on each of the poets in the anthology, providing biographical backgrounds and ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
512
Condition
New
Number of Pages
560
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780393333756
SKU
V9780393333756
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99-22
About Cole Swensen
David St. John has published nine collections of poetry, including The Face. He teaches at the University of Southern California and lives in Venice, California. A Guggenheim fellow and professor at Brown University, COLE SWENSEN is the author of more than ten poetry collections and many translations of works from the French.
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