Close Listening

Poetry and the Performed Word

Charles Bernstein editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Oxford University Press Inc

Published:2nd Jul '98

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Close Listening brings together 17 strikingly original essays, commissioned especially for this volume, on the reading of poetry, the sound of poetry, and the visual performance of poetry. While the performance of poetry is as old as poetry itself, critical attention to modern and postmodern poetry performance has been negligible. This collection opens new avenues for the critical discussion of the sound and performance of poetry, and offers an indispensable critical base for understanding language in and as performance.

excellent collection * Years Work in English Studies *
an area that is rapidly consolidating as a new field of study. * Sarah Parry, New Formations, 41 (Autumn 00). *
Ilose Listenings ... charts new ground in the domains of formal literary acoustics and performance studies alike. * Sarah Parry, New Formations, 41 (Autumn 00). *
break new ground in complex and highly useful ways. * Sarah Parry, New Formations, 41 (Autumn 00). *

ISBN: 9780195109924

Dimensions: 153mm x 229mm x 26mm

Weight: 640g

400 pages