Modern and Contemporary Poetry and Poetics: History, Theology, Authority

Montgomery, W.

The Poetry of Susan Howe provides a comprehensive survey of the major works of one of America's foremost contemporary poets. The book describes the relationship between poetic form and the various configurations of history, religious thought, and authority in Howe's writing. Will Montgomery argues that her highly opaque texts reflect the resistance that the past offers to contemporary investigation. Addressing lyric, literary history, collage and visual poetics, The Poetry of Susan Howe is a lucid and persuasive investigation of the volatile movements of this extraordinary body of work.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2010-10-18

Format: Paperback

ISBN-13: 9781349383757

DOI: 10.1057/9780230113091

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 219