Poetry's afterlife verse in the digital age / Kevin Stein.

Author/creator Stein, Kevin, 1954-
Format Book
Publication InfoAnn Arbor : University of Michigan Press : University of Michigan Library, ©2010.
Descriptionxii, 261 pages ; 23 cm
Subjects
American poetry--21st century. --History and criticism.
Poetry--Appreciation. --United States. --History. --21st century.
Poetry--Appreciation. --United States. --History. --20th century.
American poetry--20th century. --History and criticism.

Contents [1.] On poets & aesthetic history. Paper or plastic, Pepsi or Coke, irony or sincerity? -- "The only courage is joy!": ecstasy and doubt in James Wright's poetry -- Playing favorites: American poetry's top ten-ism fetish -- "When the frost is on the punkin": newspaper poetry's history and decline -- Aesthetic dodo -- [2.] On technology & the writerly life. Poems and pixels: the work of art in an age of digital reproduction -- A digital poetry playlist: varieties of video and new media poetries -- These drafts and castoffs: mapping literary manuscripts -- Death by zeroes and ones: the fate of literary "papers" -- [3.] On teaching & the writer's workshop. The hammer -- Voice: what you say and how readers hear it -- Why kids hate poetry -- Whitman's sampler: an assortment of youth poems -- [4.] After silence. (Hidden track): poetry in public places.
General note"Digital culture books"--Ser. t.p.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2010004463
ISBN9780472070992 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0472070991 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN9780472050994 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN0472050990 (pbk. : alk. paper)

Availability

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Joyner General Stacks PS326 .S74 2010 ✔ Available Place Hold