
Writing during the Disasters
Modes of Rendering Suffering in Contemporary Experimental American Poetry
Marius Henderson(Author)
Universitätsverlag Winter
1st Edition
Published on 20. August 2024
Book
Hardback
319 pages
978-3-8253-4967-7 (ISBN)
Description
'Writing during the Disasters' is devoted to conceptualizing the relation between suffering and poetic writing. This monograph investigates contemporary experimental American poetry which addresses forms of suffering that are largely entwined with structural dynamics. The book elaborates how particular poetic practices "materialize" and "write through" ongoing conditions of suffering which shape the present.
In its interaction with works by seven poets and one artist collective, this study mobilizes and interlaces a variety of critical theoretical approaches - from affect theory, queer theory, Afro-pessimism, Black feminism, and new materialisms to psychoanalysis, dialectical materialism, and deconstruction. Moreover, this study develops novel terminological renditions of the nexus between suffering and literary representation. Ultimately, 'Writing during the Disasters' also argues for "suffering" to be considered a valid and more prominent category of analysis in cultural and literary studies.
More details
Series
Thesis
Doctoral thesis
2019
Universität Hamburg
Language
English
Place of publication
Heidelberg
Germany
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 139 mm
Thickness: 27 mm
Weight
518 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-8253-4967-7 (9783825349677)
Schweitzer Classification