Alex Houen

Gebundenes Buch

Powers of Possibility

Experimental American Writing Since the 1960s

Beschreibung

By outlining a novel concept of literary practice, 'potentialism', this book shows how opening up literary possibilities enabled writers such as Allen Ginsberg, LeRoi Jones/Amiri Baraka, William S. Burroughs, Kathy Acker, and Lyn Hejinian to tackle matters of power and politics.

Autor

Alex Houen is a University Lecturer in Modern Literature, and Fellow of Pembroke College, University of Cambridge. He is the author of various articles on literature and political violence, modernism, postmodernism, sacrifice, and theories of affect. He is co-editor of the online poetry journal Blackbox Manifold.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press (UK)
• Seitenzahl: 296
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Februar 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 218mm x 140mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 476g
• ISBN-13: 9780199609291
• ISBN-10: 0199609292
• Artikelnr.: 36458611