On the Outskirts of Form: Practicing Cultural Poetics

by Michael Davidson

Essays on modern and contemporary poetry from a cultural studies perspective

This new book by eminent scholar Michael Davidson gathers his essays concerning formally innovative poetry from modernists such as Mina Loy, George Oppen, and Wallace Stevens to current practitioners such as Cristina Rivera-Garza, Heriberto Y pez, Lisa Robertson, and Mark Nowak. The book considers poems that challenge traditional poetic forms and in doing...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0819569585
• ISBN13: 9780819569585
• Release Date: November 2011
• Publisher: Wesleyan University Press
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher