The darkness of the present : poetics, anachronism, and the anomaly

The darkness of the present : poetics, anachronism, and the anomaly / Steve McCaffery.

This book includes essays that collectively investigate the roles of anomaly and anachronism as they work to unsettle commonplace notions of the "contemporary" in the field of poetics. In this book, a poet and critic argues that by approaching the past and the present as unified entities,...

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Main Author: McCaffery, Steve
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, [2012]
Series:Modern and contemporary poetics.
Subjects:
Poetics.
Literature > Philosophy.
LITERARY CRITICISM > Poetry.
Literature > Philosophy
Poetics
Online Access:Click for online access
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Summary:This book includes essays that collectively investigate the roles of anomaly and anachronism as they work to unsettle commonplace notions of the "contemporary" in the field of poetics. In this book, a poet and critic argues that by approaching the past and the present as unified entities, the contemporary is made historical at the same time as the historical is made contemporary.
Physical Description:1 online resource (256 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780817386429
0817386424
0817357335
9780817357337
Language:English.
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.

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