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"Ethnic and experimental poetry are often naively seen as oppositional, but Keller celebrates that both are part of the warp and woof of the complicated linguistic relations of this contemporary moment. He understands that poetry is all about self-contained but open, agonistically engaged local worldhood. Writing Plural Worlds in Contemporary U.S. Poetry is impressive and moving for its devoted attention to how contemporary U.S. poetry both thrives and extends its attentions beyond the boundaries of the U.S. nation." - Juliana Spahr, co-editor of Poetry and Pedagogy: The Challenge of the Contemporary
"Close readings of poems from a variety of North American writers - among them Nathaniel Mackey, N. J. Loftis, Francisco Alarcon - skillfully and eloquently offer convincing evidence to underwrite the book s central argument, which blends European philosophy with New World understandings of culture and representation to put forth a concept of innovative identitarian pluralism rather than multiculturalism. Moreover, the warmth and writerly grace of the style make the book and its argument more than merely convincing, but also a pleasure to read. This book comprises a significant contribution to American (in its broadest sense) letters." - Maria Damon, Professor of English, University of Minnesota and author of The Dark End of the Street: Margins in American Vanguard Poetry
About the author
JAMES KELLER is Assistant Professor of English at Michigan State University, USA.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Writing Plural Worlds in Contemporary U.S. Poetry
Book Subtitle: Innovative Identities
Authors: Jim Keller
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230623767
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan New York
eBook Packages: Palgrave Literature & Performing Arts Collection, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Nature America Inc. 2009
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-230-61220-4Published: 18 September 2009
eBook ISBN: 978-0-230-62376-7Published: 03 August 2009
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 229
Topics: North American Literature, Twentieth-Century Literature, Literary Theory, Poetry and Poetics