{"product_id":"artifice-and-indeterminacy","title":"Artifice and Indeterminacy","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eArtifice and Indeterminacy \u003c\/i\u003egathers the strongest and most representative writings of the past two decades and shows more clearly than ever before the depth and breadth of  contemporary American poetics. Collectively, these essays break with conventional interpretive frameworks and traditional generic boundaries of poetry to give fresh voice to the  poetics of our time.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cdiv\u003eNeither dismissive of the aesthetic value(s) of poetry, nor reluctant to articulate the ways in which aesthetic evaluation is complicated by the mediating influences of history, culture, class, gender, race, and academic status, the writers presented in this anthology celebrate the artifice of the poetic text while also accepting as a given the indeterminacy of its inception and reception.\u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003cdiv\u003eIndividual pieces range in style and approach from theoretical writings to discussions of individual poets such as Emily Dickinson, Louis Zukofsky, and Bob Kaufman. The authors consider such critical issues as gender and the possibilities of a feminist poetics, the textual politics of race and class, and the broader implications of an avant-garde practice.\u003c\/div\u003e              \u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003cb\u003eCONTENTS \/ CONTRIBUTORS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cu\u003eSection 1: Form\/Syntax\/Speech\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eCharles Bernstein\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eBob Perelman\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eBarrett Watten\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eMichael Davidson\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eMarjorie Perloff\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cu\u003eSection 2: Pattern\/Experience\/Song\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eDavid Antin\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eLeslie Scalapino\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eLyn Hejinian\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eJohn Taggart\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cu\u003eSection 3: Institutions and Ideology\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eJames Sherry\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eRon Silliman\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eSteve McCaffery\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eHank Lazer\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eNathaniel Mackey\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eMaria Damon\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cu\u003eSection 4: Poetics and Gender\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eRae Armantrout\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eRachel Blau DuPlessis\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003eSusan Howe\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Gardners","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57520098083189,"sku":"9780817309541","price":31.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0612\/7193\/3106\/files\/9780817309541.jpg?v=1787581679","url":"https:\/\/backstory.london\/products\/artifice-and-indeterminacy","provider":"Backstory","version":"1.0","type":"link"}