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In following introduction to his anthology of Language Poetry, written in 1984, Silliman briefly comments on the origin and development of the movement.
“I Hate Speech.” Thus capitalized...
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In the following essay, Hartley explores connections between the politics and poetics of three Language Poets—Ron Silliman, Steve McCaffery, and Bruce Andrews.
In the “Politics of Poetry...
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In the following essay, Freitag argues that Howe's work should be viewed in the context of both feminist writing and post-structural philosophical thought.
Yes, gender difference does affect ou...
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In the following excerpt, Watten discusses the interplay between the speaker's identity and the outside world in the poetry of Ron Silliman and Steve Benson.
The querying of the status of the &...
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In the following essay, Perloff explores the styles and themes of several of the Language Poets, focusing on their development of “difference”—or an individual lyrical identity&#x...
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In the following excerpt, Goldman comments on how Weiner's Code Poems and Clairvoyant Journal reflect her personal ethics and composition style.
In August of 1972, Hannah Weiner, an accomplishe...
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In the following essay, Bartlett discusses some of the chief characteristics of the Language Poetry movement as described by several poets and literary critics.
W. H. Auden, the sometimes Greta Garbo ...
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In the following essay, Watten focuses on Surrealism in postwar American art and how the Language Poets incorporated it into their methodology.
Method in American art after the war incorporated number...
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In the following review of two anthologies of Language Poetry, McGann sketches the characteristics of the Language Poets' style and philosophy.
In 1918, the intensity of Yeats's fascinat...
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In following essay, McGann addresses the social and political implications of the Language Poets' ideas about style and method.
Opposition is true friendship.
—William Blake, The Marria...
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In following introduction to his anthology of Language Poetry, Messerli emphasizes that, while Language Poets as a group constitute “a true community of thought,” their work is also high...
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In the following essay, Hartley demonstrates the stylistic and ideological connection between Language Poetry and the avant-garde tradition in American poetry.
I begin this essay with an apparent oxym...
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In the following essay, Emanuel explores the similarities and differences between the methods of Language Poets and those of the New Formalists, concluding that the two groups have much in common.
The...
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In the following interview, which took place in 1986, Palmer discusses some theoretical influences on his poetry.
Michael Palmer was born in New York City in 1943 and educated at Harvard, where he rec...
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Critical Essay by Ron Silliman
