
Reading On The Poetry Circuit Changed How Poetry Happened. Poems Now Had To Work Within A Risky And Unpredictable Situation Where Every Word Would Be Framed By The Author's Body, The Reading's Time, The Audience's Social Expectations, And The Institutional Powers Bringing Them Together. Surveying Readings By Wallace Stevens And W. H. Auden, This Introduction Sets Out How The Live Reading Became A New Poetic Medium For The Twentieth Century, Distinct From Radio Or Recording, And Why Readings Have Remained Something Of A Blind Spot For Literary Criticism And Theory. By Involving Its Whole Setting, The Reading Brought Back The Author To Read Her Own Poems, Only To Open Up A Challenge To What Ownership And Authorship Of Poems Was.
This book investigates how the live poetry reading emerged as a distinct, influential medium in the twentieth century, fundamentally altering the relationship between the poet, the text, and the audience. Peter B. Howarth, a scholar of modern literature, examines the intersection of performance and textuality. He argues that the live reading environment—shaped by the author's physical presence, social context, and institutional frameworks—created a unique space that challenged traditional notions of poetic ownership and authorship.
What You Will Find
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Scholars and critics identify this work as a significant intervention in the study of modern poetic performance. Readers frequently note the academic density of the prose, which provides a rigorous framework for understanding the often-overlooked mechanics of the live reading circuit.
Page Count:
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Publication Date:
2024-01-01
Publisher:
New York : Oxford University Press,
ISBN-10:
0191919225
ISBN-13:
9780191919220
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