Means Matter

This book is a major source for scholars of the latest American poetry. These exciting essays comprise energy and documented discussions on experimentalism, multiculturalism, hyperspace, and gender. Anthologies and little magazines form the matrix for this exploration on conceptual issues surrounding language. The author widens the perspective in which a great deal of writing forced the limits of poetry in this kind of publications. At the same time, he analyzes new contexts and enters into conversation with other sources for inspiration found through other disciplines such as social theory, philosophy, linguistics, and art generated at both sides of the Atlantic Ocean. Reflective, taut with alertness, and exploding the postmodern concept of word/object as a liberating experience, this book becomes a driving force to address poetry and challenging political issues with admirable depth.

Autorentext

Manuel Brito was born in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Canary Islands. He is Associate Professor of American Literature at the University of Laguna, Spain. He is the editor of the small press Zasterle, and the magazine Nerter.

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Contents: Anthologies and Little Magazines in Recent American Poetry Compilation of Cultural Diversity Digital Constellation and Electronic Publications Poetic Innovation and Critical Insights Translation of American Poetry into Spanish Founding Formulations in Language Poetry Community: Institutionalization and Editorial Achievement Women Editors and Experimentalism.