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Attention equals life the pursuit of the everyday in contemporary poetry and culture

Title
Attention equals life [electronic resource] : the pursuit of the everyday in contemporary poetry and culture / Andrew Epstein.
Author
Epstein, Andrew, 1969-
Publication
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2016]

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Description
1 online resource (xi,364 pages)
Summary
"Attention Equals Life examines why a quest to pay attention to daily life has increasingly become a central feature of both contemporary American poetry and the wider culture of which it is a part" --
Uniform Title
Attention equals life (Online)
Alternative Title
  • Attention equals life (Online)
  • Pursuit of the everyday in contemporary poetry and culture
Subject
  • American poetry > 20th century > History and criticism
  • American poetry > 21st century > History and criticism
  • Civilization in literature
  • Banality (Philosophy) in literature
  • Realism in literature
  • Attention > Social aspects > United States
  • Realism > Social aspects > United States
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-346) and index.
Access (note)
  • Access restricted to authorized users.
Contents
Introduction: the poetics of everyday life since 1945 -- The crisis of attention, everyday life theory, and contemporary poetry -- "Each day so different, yet still alike": James Schuyler and the elusive everyday -- "Tthe tiny invites attention": A. R. Ammons's quotidian muse -- Writing the maternal everyday: Bernadette Mayer and her "daughters" (Hoa Nguyen, Susan Holbrook, Laynie Browne) -- "There is no content here, only dailiness": poetry as critique of everyday life in Ron Silliman's Ketjak -- Everyday life projects in contemporary poetry and culture (Kenneth Goldsmith, Claudia Rankine, Brenda Coultas, Harryette Mullen) -- Conclusion: Claudia Rankine's citizen and beyond.
LCCN
2015042160
OCLC
ssj0001675059
Author
Epstein, Andrew, 1969-
Title
Attention equals life [electronic resource] : the pursuit of the everyday in contemporary poetry and culture / Andrew Epstein.
Imprint
New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2016]
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-346) and index.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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Available from home with a valid library card
Available onsite at NYPL
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