{"product_id":"poets-prose-the-crisis-in-american-verse-paperback-9780521399944","title":"Poet's Prose; The Crisis in American Verse (Paperback) 9780521399944","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003ePoet's Prose\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Crisis in American Verse\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePoet's Prose is devoted exclusively to American prose poetry and has been recognised as a pioneering study in contemporary American poetry.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eStephen Fredman (Author), Albert Gelpi (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521399944, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback, published 30 November 1990\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e216 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.3 cm, 0.32 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"...an important book for anyone interested in American poetry and poetics.  Its mixture of theoretical and practical criticism reflects the interplay of theory and practice in the poets Fredman treats.  I found it refreshing to read a criticism engaged with theory and yet so responsive to the particulars of specific writers and specific works....the chapter on Ashbery is also one of the best pieces of criticism in the book....Poet's Prose is a valuable book, not only for the discussions of the writers Fredman treats, but also for the way the book's larger considerations illuminate the work even of writers he doesn't treat.\"   Patricia Wallace, North Dakota Quarterly\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePoet's Prose is the first scholarly work devoted exclusively to American prose poetry and has been recognised as a pioneering study in contemporary American poetry. Many recent American poets have been writing prose; Fredman has set out to determine why and what it means. Three central works of American poets' prose are discussed in detail: William Carlos Williams' Kora in Hell, Robert Creeley's Presences, and John Ashbery's Three Poems. In these chapters, Fredman both demonstrates how to read these difficult works and examines their philosophical seriousness. In a final chapter and a new epilogue, he discusses the newest trends in contemporary poetry, the 'talk poems' of David Antin and the prose of the Language poets, in which poet's prose forms an important aspect of the 'theoretical poetry' now being written.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface to the second edition\u003cbr\u003e Preface to the first edition\u003cbr\u003e List of abbreviations\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 1. The generative sentence: William Carlos Williams's Kora in Hell: Improvisations\u003cbr\u003e 2. 'A life tracking itself': Robert Creeley's Presences: A Test for Marisol\u003cbr\u003e 3. 'He chose to include': John Ashbery's Three Poems\u003cbr\u003e 4. The crisis at present: talk poems and the new poet's prose\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Literary studies: poetry \u0026amp; poets [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary studies: poetry \u0026amp; poets\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20studies:%20poetry%20\u0026amp;%20poets%20%5BDSC%5D%22\"\u003eDSC\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46004945223960,"sku":"9780521399944","price":33.39,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521399944_01cfa905-1a13-45f6-90bc-837b99e6dcc5.gif?v=1691381114","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/poets-prose-the-crisis-in-american-verse-paperback-9780521399944","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}