Male Subjectivity and Poetic Form in New American Poetry (Modern and Contemporary Poetry and Poetics)

Male Subjectivity and Poetic Form in "New American" Poetry examines the crucial, yet sometimes fraught connections between poets associated with Donald Allen's groundbreaking 1960 anthology, The New American Poetry. Focusing in particular on pairings of writers within the larger grouping of poets, including Robert Duncan, Charles Olson, and Nathaniel Mackey, this book suggests how literary partnerships became pivotal to the writing, especially at early stages in these poets' careers. Mossin then goes on to examine the role that male friendship, rivalry, and camaraderie play in the production of poetic texts. "No one listens to poetry," Jack Spicer famously wrote. This book shows how a particular group of poets did listen to each other and what they made of what they heard. Contents 6 Preface and Acknowledgments 8 Introduction 12 One: "In Thicket": Charles Olson, Poetic Career, and the Crisis of Cold War Masculinity 36 Two: "Homosexual Advertising": Gay Subjectivity, Modernist Form, and Robert Duncan's The Venice Poem 76 Three: In the Shadow of Nerval: Robert Duncan, Robin Blaser, and the Poetics of (Mis)Translation 112 Four: Recovering the Public World: Robin Blaser, Hannah Arendt, and the Discourses of Self and Other in Image-Nations 1–12 140 Five: "Collapsed Aura": Nathaniel Mackey, Robert Duncan, and the Poetics of Discrepant Subjectivity in "Song of the Andoumboulou" 170 Afterword: Toward a Poetics of Mutual Understanding 202 Notes 218 References 230 Index 244 0230617328,9780230617322 Palgrave Macmillan (June 8, 2010) "Male Subjectivity and Poetic Form in "New American" Poetry examines the sometimes fraught connections between poets associated with the New American poetry of Donald Allen's anthology and the resulting formal choices these poets made in their work. Focusing in particular on pairings of writers within the larger grouping of poets, this books suggests how literary partnerships became pivotal to the writing that got done, especially at early stages in these poets' careers. "No one listens to poetry," Jack Spicer famously wrote. This book shows how a particular group of poets did listen to each other and what they made of what they heard"--Provided by publisher. "In thicket": Charles Olson, poetic career and the crisis of Cold War masculinity "Homosexual advertising": gay subjectivity, modernist form, and Robert Duncan's the Venice poem In the shadow of Nerval: Robert Duncan, Robin Blaser and the poetics of (mis)translation Recovering the public world: Robin Blaser, Hannah Arendt, and the discourses of self and other in image-nations "Collapsed aura": Nathaniel Mackey, Robert Duncan and the poetics of discrepant subjectivity in "Song of the Andoumboulou Afterword: towards a poetics of mutual understanding. Focusing in particular on pairings of writers within the larger grouping of poets, this book suggests how literary partnerships became pivotal to American poets in the wake of Donald Allen's'New American Poetry'anthology.