The Contemporary Poetry Archive: Essays and Interventions

Linda Anderson; Mark Byers; Ahren Warner

Published by Edinburgh University Press 2019

The Contemporary Poetry Archive

Essays and Interventions

Linda Anderson , Mark Byers and Ahren Warner

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781474432467

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Explores critical and creative responses to the contemporary poetry archive

Provides an innovative new dialogue between critics and creative writers on the value and practice of the literary archive
Expandes the scope for understanding perspectives on, and the opposition between, creative and critical relations to archival materials
Opens up a new cross-disciplinary agenda for thinking the archive as both a source for scholarship and a source of inspiration for creative practice

These 13 newly commissioned chapters examine the impact of archival poetry collections on both literary scholarship and poetic practice. They examine what we can learn from the drafts, notebooks and personal libraries left behind by poets and look at the ways in which the growth of poetry archives has changed the way poets think about their work. The contributing poets and scholars – including Susan Howe, Sean O’Brien and George Szirtes – present an in-depth account of the significance of poetry archives for contemporary literature. The collection provides a new cross-disciplinary agenda for thinking about the archive as both a source for scholarship and inspiration for creative practice.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Notes on Contributors Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Preface Susan Howe Publicly Available Download PDF	xiii
1. Introduction: Poetry, Theory, Archives Linda Anderson, Mark Byers and Ahren Warner Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
2. T. S. Eliot and Derek Mahon: A Tale of Two Archives Hugh Haughton Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	25
3. Archival Poetics: Containing Multitudes Mark Byers Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	46
4. Digital Baedecker: A Feminist Experiment with Mina Loy’s Archive Suzanne W. Churchill, Linda Kinnahan and Susan Rosenbaum Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	63
5. Louis MacNeice and His Archives Jonathan Allison Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	80
6. On Efficiency: John Updike’s Poetry Archives Jo Gill Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	92
7. Sylvia Plath’s Library: The Marginal Archive Amanda Golden Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	111
8. ‘Library of Opaque Memory’: Spectral Archives in Brandon Som, Mai Der Vang and Bhanu Kapil Sarah Howe Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	124
9. Opening the Box: Exploring the Bloodaxe Archive Linda Anderson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	143
10. ‘I am Already Historical’: In the Archive Sean O’Brien Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	159
11. The Archive and the Mirror George Szirtes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	169
12. AA(A), or Affect, Archives and Anecdotes Ahren Warner Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	182
13. Musée des Fragments: The Secret Memories of Ordinary Things Carolyn Forché Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	196
Further Reading Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	205
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	209

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Language: English
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 240
Illustrations
- Other: 4 B/W illustrations 19 colour illustrations
Keywords: Literary Studies

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Published: April 5, 2022
ISBN: 9781474432467