Poetics and Justice in America, Japan, and Taiwan - Configuring Change and Entitlement (Hardcover)

Poetics and Justice in America, Japan, and Taiwan shows how entitlements are implicated in all areas of life-human and nonhuman-that poetry reaches. Through a creative adaptation of Badiou's philosophical framing, this book argues that poetry matters as a form of media particularly suited to integrating diverse fields of knowledge and attention in newspapers, Tweets, and performance as well as volumes of poetry. Recasting intertextuality as more relational than referential, the author argues for the importance of poetry in realizing how social change and ecological justice are bound up in our orientations of affiliation. Each chapter focuses on particular sets of problems engaged by poets in different contexts to various ends in Japan, the US, and Taiwan. Some chapters explore the subtle implications of openly provocative styles, while others question the muted poetic intimations of injustices that are left standing unchanged in the name of aesthetics. Poets and performance artists featured include Amiri Baraka, John Ashbery, Tawara Machi, Rodrigo Toscano, Hung Hung, and John Cage. The author argues for examining poetic expressions in terms of what discursive fusions and affiliations they embody beyond the intimation of good intentions or ironic passing over.

General

Imprint:	Lexington Books
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	June 2021
Authors:	Dean Anthony Brink
Dimensions:	228 x 160 x 28mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	352
ISBN-13:	978-1-79362-790-2
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Poetry & poets > General
LSN:	1-79362-790-8
Barcode:	9781793627902

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