Beschreibung:
Approaching post-World War II poetry from a postmodern critical perspective, this study challenges the prevailing assumption that experimental forms signify political opposition while traditional forms are politically conservative.
1. Introduction: poetry after Modernism; 2. Frank O'Hara: 'How Am I to Become a Legend?'; 3. Elizabeth Bishop: 'Repeat, Repeat, Repeat; Revise, Revise, Revise'; 4. John Ashbery: 'The Epidemic of the Way We Live Now'; 5. James Merrill: 'Sour Windfalls of the Orchard Back of Us'.