The Poetics of the Limit: Ethics and Politics in Modern and Contemporary America

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This book situates Louis Zukofsky's poetics (and the lineage of Objectivist poetics more broadly) within a set of ethical concerns in American poetic modernism.

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This text situates Louis Zukofsky's poetics (and the lineage of objectivist poetics more broadly) within a set of ethical concerns in American poetic modernism. It makes a strong case for perceiving Zukofsky as a missing key figure within this ethical matrix of modernism. Viewing Zukofsy's poetry through the lens of the theoretical work of Theodor Adorno and Emmanuel Levinas, Woods argues for an ethical genealogy of American poetics leading from Zukofsky through the contemporary school of LANGUAGE poetry. Woods brings together modernism and postmodernism, ethics and aesthetics, in interesting and innovative ways, seeking to shed new light on our understanding of this neglected strain of modernist poetics.

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Tim Woods co-edited "'I'm telling you stories': Jeanette Winterson and the Politics of Reading", "Critical Ethics: Text, Theory and Responsibility" and "The Ethics in Literature", and authored "Beginning Postmodernism" and "Who's Who in Twentieth-Century Fiction?"

Author Biography

TIM WOODS has taught at King Alfred's College, Winchester, and the University of Wales, Aberystwyth, where he is currently senior lecturer in English and American Studies. He has co-edited 'I'm telling you stories': Jeanette Winterson and the Politics of Reading (Rodopi, 1998), Critical Ethics: Text, Theory and Responsibility (Macmillan, 1999), The Ethics in Literature (Macmillan, 2000), and authored Beginning Postmodernism (Manchester, 1999) and Who's Who in Twentieth-Century Fiction (Routledge, 2001). Articles have appeared in Parataxis, English, Rethinking History, The Poet's Voice, and Textual Practice. He is currently completing a monograph on African Literatures in English

Table of Contents

Introduction: Ethics and Objectivist Poetics The Emergence of 'Objectivist' Poetics: Aesthetics and Politics in the USA, 1910-1930 'Words ranging forms': The Crises of Modernism in 'A'-1 to 'A'-6 The 'Negative Dialectics' of Louis Zukofsky's 'A' 'A'-9: A Labor of Love, or a Love of Labor? Ethos or Ontos? Modes of Subjectivity in Levinas and Zukofsky 'Figuring it out' and Doubling 'A'-gain: Language and Otherness in 'A'-12 to 'A'-23 'Things at the limits of reason': George Oppen's Materialist Ethics Conclusion: Reading Language Writing

Review

The Poetics of the Limit...does a stellar job of presenting Zukofsky's work as a living body of art in which the ethics, politics, art, and science of the century coalesce.' - Codrina Cozma, Journal of American Studies

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Tim Woods co-edited "'I'm telling you stories': Jeanette Winterson and the Politics of Reading", "Critical Ethics: Text, Theory and Responsibility" and "The Ethics in Literature", and authored "Beginning Postmodernism" and "Who's Who in Twentieth-Century Fiction?"

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The Poetics of the Limit...does a stellar job of presenting Zukofsky's work as a living body of art in which the ethics, politics, art, and science of the century coalesce.' - Codrina Cozma, Journal of American Studies

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This book situates Louis Zukofsky's poetics, and the lineage of Objectivist poetics more broadly, within a set of fundamental ethical concerns in American poetic modernism. Tim Woods makes a strong case for Zukofsky as a missing key figure within this ethical matrix, viewing Zukofsky's poetry through the lens of the work of Theodor Adorno and Emmanuel Levinas. Building an ethical genealogy of American poetics leading from Zukofsky through the contemporary school of L A N G U A G E poetry, Woods brings together modernism and postmodernism, ethics and aesthetics, to shed new light on our understanding of this neglected strain of modernist poetics.

Details ISBN0312293224 Author Tim Woods Language English ISBN-10 0312293224 ISBN-13 9780312293222 Media Book Format Hardcover Year 2003 Edition 1st Subtitle Ethics and Politics in Modern and Contemporary American Poetry Country of Publication United States Residence WK Short Title POETICS OF THE LIMIT 2003/E Edition Description 2003 Pages 287 Imprint Palgrave Macmillan Place of Publication Gordonsville DOI 10.1604/9780312293222 AU Release Date 2003-05-02 NZ Release Date 2003-05-02 US Release Date 2003-05-02 UK Release Date 2003-05-02 Illustrations XVI, 287 p. Publisher Palgrave USA Publication Date 2003-05-02 Alternative 9781349633920 DEWEY 809.1 Audience Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly We've got this

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