|
Books > Language & Literature > Language & linguistics > Literacy
|
Buy Now
Orphan of the Camus Storm - The Poetics of Bob Kaufman (Paperback)
Loot Price: R1,314
Discovery Miles 13 140
|
|
|
Orphan of the Camus Storm - The Poetics of Bob Kaufman (Paperback)
Expected to ship within 10 - 15 working days
|
More than 20 years before his death, Beat poet Bob Kaufman (1925 -
1986) took a vow of silence that he honored for all but a handful
of his remaining years. Unfortunately, this silence has seemingly
made it easy to dismiss Kaufman in favor of self-promoting Beats
such as Allen Ginsberg and Jack Kerouac. A growing number of
scholars, however, are taking the time to reexamine the poetry of
Bob Kaufman. As they do, they propose various explanations for his
silence, which infects both his poetry and his biography. This book
offers a new theory. It argues for a historical reading. It posits
that Kaufman uses silence to respond to the oppressive conformity
of the mid-twentieth century. By remaining obscure, Kaufman rejects
the suburban middle-class value system of the time and prohibits
the reader from placing him within taxonomies based on class, race,
and gender. As such, Kaufman forces the reader to start from
scratch when asking questions about identity. Jazz, then, becomes
the ideal tool for Kaufman because it works through spontaneity and
improvisation and the defeat of embedded forms and structures.
General
Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate?
Let us know about it.
Does this product have an incorrect or missing image?
Send us a new image.
Is this product missing categories?
Add more categories.
Review This Product
No reviews yet - be the first to create one!
|
You might also like..
|
Email address subscribed successfully.
A activation email has been sent to you.
Please click the link in that email to activate your subscription.
Welcome to Loot.co.za!
Sign in / Register |Wishlists & Gift Vouchers |Help | Advanced search
