Poetry at Stake: Lyric Aesthetics and the Challenge of Technology

by Carrie Noland

Taking seriously Guillaume Apollinaire's wager that twentieth-century poets would one day "mechanize" poetry as modern industry has mechanized the world, Carrie Noland explores poetic attempts to redefine the relationship between subjective expression and mechanical reproduction, high art and the world of things. Noland builds upon close readings to construct a tradition of diverse lyricists--from Arthur Rimbaud, Blaise Cendrars, and Ren? Char...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 069100417X
• ISBN13: 9780691004174
• Release Date: November 1999
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"