The Kinds of Poetry I Want: Essays & Comedies

By William Michael Murphy, D.J.R. Bruckner, University of Chicago Press

Book Overview

A celebration of the radical poetics of invention from Charles Bernstein.

For more than four decades, Charles Bernstein has been at the forefront of experimental poetry, ever reaching for a radical poetics that defies schools, periods, and cultural institutions. The Kinds of Poetry I Want is a celebration of invention and includes not only poetry but also essays on aesthetics and literary studies, interviews with other poets, autobiographical sketches, and more.

At once a dialogic novel, long poem, and grand opera, The Kinds of Poetry I Want arrives amid renewed attacks on humanistic expression. In his polemical, humorous style, Bernstein faces these challenges head-on and affirms the enduring vitality and attraction of poetry, poetics, and literary criticism.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226836088
• ISBN13: 9780226836089
• Release Date: November 2024
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 424 Pages
• Weight: 1.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"