Paracritical Hinge: Essays, Talks, Notes, Interviews (CONTEMPORARY NORTH AMERICAN POETRY) - Softcover

MacKey, Nathaniel

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0299204049 ISBN 13: 9780299204044

Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press, 2004

Synopsis

Highlighting Nathaniel Mackey's multifaceted work, this book embraces topics ranging from Walt Whitman's interest in phrenology to the marginalization of African American experiential writing; from Kamau Brathwaite's ""calibanistic"" language practices to Federico Garcia Lorca's flamenco aesthetic of duende and its continuing repercussions; from H.D.'s desert measure and coastal way of knowing to the altered spatial disposition of Miles Davis's trumpet sound; from Robert Duncan's Vietnam War poetry to the emancipatory potential of collaborative practices; from serial poetics to diasporic syncretism; from the lyric poem's present-day predicaments to gnosticism. Offering illuminating commentary on these and other artists including Amiri Baraka, Mississippi Fred McDowell, Wilson Harris, Jack Spicer, John Coltrane, Jay Wright, and Bob Kaufman, Paracritical Hinge also sheds light on Mackey's own work as a poet, fiction writer, and editor.

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About the Author

Nathaniel Mackey is professor of literature at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and author of several books, including Discrepant Engagement: Dissonance, Cross-Culturality, and Experimental Writing.

Edition details

• Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
• Publication date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0299204049
• ISBN 13: 9780299204044
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 381