A Social Biography of Contemporary Innovative Poetry Communities: The Gift, the

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This book offers a new reading of Marcell Mauss' and Lewis Hyde's theories of poetry as gift, exploring poetry exchanges within 20th and 21st century communities of poets, publishers, audiences and readers operating along a gift economy.

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This book offers a new reading of Marcell Mauss' and Lewis Hyde's theories of poetry as gift, exploring poetry exchanges within 20th and 21st century communities of poets, publishers, audiences and readers operating along a gift economy.  The text considers trans-Atlantic case studies across fields of performance and ecopoetics, small press publishing and poetry institutions, with focus on Joan Retallack, Bob Holman, Anne Waldman, Bob Cobbing, and feminist performance. Elizabeth-Jane Burnett focuses on innovative poetry that resists commodification, drawing on ethnography to show parallels with gift giving tribal societies; she also considers the ethical, philosophical and psychological motivations for such exchanges with particular reference to poethics. This book will appeal to researchers in modern poetry, poetry teachers, advanced students of modern literature, and those with an interest in poetry.

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This book offers a new reading of Marcell Mauss' and Lewis Hyde's theories of poetry as gift, exploring poetry exchanges within 20th and 21st century communities of poets, publishers, audiences and readers operating along a gift economy. The text considers trans-Atlantic case studies across fields of performance and ecopoetics, small press publishing and poetry institutions, with focus on Joan Retallack, Bob Holman, Anne Waldman, Bob Cobbing, and feminist performance. Elizabeth-Jane Burnett focuses on innovative poetry that resists commodification, drawing on ethnography to show parallels with gift giving tribal societies; she also considers the ethical, philosophical and psychological motivations for such exchanges with particular reference to poethics. This book will appeal to researchers in modern poetry, poetry teachers, advanced students of modern literature, and those with an interest in poetry.

Author Biography

Dr. Elizabeth-Jane Burnett is Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing at Newman University, Birmingham. She studied English at Oxford and Royal Holloway, University of London. Her poetry includes Rivering (2017) and Swims (2014). She is currently writing a book titled A Dictionary of the Soil.

Table of Contents

1 Gifts.- 2 Wagers.- 3 Rapport as Return: Bob Holman, Spoken Word and Bowery Poetry.- 4 Becoming a Bridge – The Poet's Bodhisattva Vow: Anne Waldman and Naropa.- 5 A Circuit of Energies: Bob Cobbing, Sound Poetry and Writers Forum.- 6 Gendered Gifts: Feminist Performance Practice.- 7 Difficult Gifts: Ecopoethics and the Task of Environmentalism.- 8 Conclusion.

Feature

Provides insights into poetry communities Analyzes the ways poetry communities operate and the motivations behind these social movements Highlights how contemporary poetics survives with the help of innovative social networks

Details ISBN3319622943 Year 2017 ISBN-10 3319622943 ISBN-13 9783319622941 Format Hardcover Edition 1st Imprint Springer International Publishing AG Subtitle The Gift, the Wager, and Poethics Place of Publication Cham Country of Publication Switzerland Pages 217 DEWEY 801 Language English Media Book Publication Date 2017-10-02 Short Title A Social Biography of Contemporary Innovative Poetry Communities UK Release Date 2017-10-02 Illustrations 3 Illustrations, black and white; IX, 217 p. 3 illus. Edited by Dirk Verhulst Birth 1974 Affiliation Massachusetts Institute of Technology Position journalist Qualifications S. J. Author Elizabeth-Jane Burnett Publisher Springer International Publishing AG Edition Description 1st ed. 2017 Series Modern and Contemporary Poetry and Poetics Alternative 9783319872834 Audience Professional & Vocational We've got this

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