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.
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.
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
Inhaltsangabe
* Introduction * 1: 'Back! Back! Back! Central Mind Machine Pentagon. . .': Allen Ginsberg and the Vietnam War * 2: 'This Black World of Purest Possibility': LeRoi Jones / Amiri Baraka * 3: Writing Outer Space for 'Potential America': William S. Burroughs * 4: Novel Biopolitics: Kathy Acker and Michel Foucault * 5: Making a Person Possible: Lyn Hejinian and Language Poetry * 6: Conclusion: Potentialism and Practical Imagination * Bibliography * Index
* Introduction * 1: 'Back! Back! Back! Central Mind Machine Pentagon. . .': Allen Ginsberg and the Vietnam War * 2: 'This Black World of Purest Possibility': LeRoi Jones / Amiri Baraka * 3: Writing Outer Space for 'Potential America': William S. Burroughs * 4: Novel Biopolitics: Kathy Acker and Michel Foucault * 5: Making a Person Possible: Lyn Hejinian and Language Poetry * 6: Conclusion: Potentialism and Practical Imagination * Bibliography * Index
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