LEGEND: The Complete Facsimile in Context (Recencies Series: Research and Recovery in Twentieth-Century American Poetics) - Hardcover

Andrews, Bruce; Bernstein, Charles; DiPalma, Ray; McCaffery, Steve; Silliman, Ron

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0826361471 ISBN 13: 9780826361479

Publisher: University of New Mexico Press, 2020

Synopsis

Conceived in 1976 and published in 1980, LEGEND exemplifies the political and linguistic commitments of then-nascent Language writing. Coauthored by Bruce Andrews, Charles Bernstein, Ray DiPalma, Steve McCaffery, and Ron Silliman, the work was composed on typewriters and developed through the mail. The twenty-six poems of the volume bring together every possible permutation of collaborative authorship in one-, two-, three-, and five-author combinations, revealing the evolution of distinctive styles against and in conversation with others. Along with a complete reproduction of the original text, LEGEND: The Complete Facsimile in Context includes a critical introduction by editors Matthew Hofer and Michael Golston, a generous selection of material from the authors' correspondence, and a new collaborative piece by the authors. This book will be an essential resource to students and scholars in twentieth-century poetry and poetics.

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About the Author

Matthew Hofer is an associate professor of English at the University of New Mexico. He is the editor of The Shoshoneans: The People of the Basin-Plateau, Expanded Edition and the coeditor of The Language Letters: Selected 1970s Correspondence of Bruce Andrews, Charles Bernstein, and Ron Silliman (both from UNM Press).

Michael Golston is a professor of English and comparative literature at Columbia University. He is the author of Poetic Machinations: Allegory, Surrealism, and Postmodern Poetic Form and the coeditor of The Language Letters: Selected 1970s Correspondence of Bruce Andrews, Charles Bernstein, and Ron Silliman (UNM Press).

Edition details

• Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
• Publication date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0826361471
• ISBN 13: 9780826361479
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 316
• Editor: Hofer Matthew, Golston Michael