American Hybrid: A Norton Anthology of New Poetry

by David St. John

Book Overview

As Cole Swensen argues in the introduction to this comprehensive new anthology, the long-acknowledged "fundamental division" between experimental and traditional is disappearing in American poetry in favor of hybrid approaches that blend trends from accessible lyricism to linguistic exploration. The focus in American Hybrid is on the blend; the more than seventy poets featured here--including Jorie Graham, Albert Goldbarth, and Lyn Hejinian--have...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393333752
• ISBN13: 9780393333756
• Release Date: March 2009
• Publisher: Countryman Press
• Length: 560 Pages
• Weight: 1.57 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.5" x 8.8"