Writing in Our Time

Canada’s Radical Poetries in English (1957-2003)

Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, Canadian, Poetry History & Criticism, Poetry
Cover of the book Writing in Our Time by Pauline Butling, Susan Rudy, Wilfrid Laurier University Press
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Pauline Butling, Susan Rudy ISBN: 9780889205277
Publisher: Wilfrid Laurier University Press Publication: October 22, 2009
Imprint: Wilfrid Laurier University Press Language: English
Author: Pauline Butling, Susan Rudy
ISBN: 9780889205277
Publisher: Wilfrid Laurier University Press
Publication: October 22, 2009
Imprint: Wilfrid Laurier University Press
Language: English

Process poetics is about radical poetry — poetry that challenges dominant world views, values, and aesthetic practices with its use of unconventional punctuation, interrupted syntax, variable subject positions, repetition, fragmentation, and disjunction.

To trace the aesthetically and politically radical poetries in English Canada since the 1960s, Pauline Butling and Susan Rudy begin with the “upstart” poets published in Vancouver’s TISH: A Poetry Newsletter, and follow the trajectory of process poetics in its national and international manifestations through the 1980s and ’90s.

The poetics explored include the works of Nicole Brossard, Daphne Martlatt, bpNichol, George Bowering, Roy Kiyooka, and Frank Davey in the 1960s and ’70s. For the 1980-2000 period, the authors include essays on Jeff Derksen, Clare Harris, Erin Mour, and Lisa Robertson. They also look at books by older authors published after 1979, including Robin Blaser, Robert Kroetsch, and Fred Wah.

A historiography of the radical poets, and a roster of the little magazines, small press publishers, literary festivals, and other such sites that have sustained poetic experimentation, provide context.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

Process poetics is about radical poetry — poetry that challenges dominant world views, values, and aesthetic practices with its use of unconventional punctuation, interrupted syntax, variable subject positions, repetition, fragmentation, and disjunction.

To trace the aesthetically and politically radical poetries in English Canada since the 1960s, Pauline Butling and Susan Rudy begin with the “upstart” poets published in Vancouver’s TISH: A Poetry Newsletter, and follow the trajectory of process poetics in its national and international manifestations through the 1980s and ’90s.

The poetics explored include the works of Nicole Brossard, Daphne Martlatt, bpNichol, George Bowering, Roy Kiyooka, and Frank Davey in the 1960s and ’70s. For the 1980-2000 period, the authors include essays on Jeff Derksen, Clare Harris, Erin Mour, and Lisa Robertson. They also look at books by older authors published after 1979, including Robin Blaser, Robert Kroetsch, and Fred Wah.

A historiography of the radical poets, and a roster of the little magazines, small press publishers, literary festivals, and other such sites that have sustained poetic experimentation, provide context.

More books from Wilfrid Laurier University Press

Cover of the book Transition to Common Work by Pauline Butling, Susan Rudy
Cover of the book The Eighteenth-Century Wyandot by Pauline Butling, Susan Rudy
Cover of the book The Tramp Room by Pauline Butling, Susan Rudy
Cover of the book The Memory Effect by Pauline Butling, Susan Rudy
Cover of the book Through a Glass Darkly by Pauline Butling, Susan Rudy
Cover of the book Religion and Public Discourse in an Age of Transition by Pauline Butling, Susan Rudy
Cover of the book Minds of Our Own by Pauline Butling, Susan Rudy
Cover of the book The Castles of the Rhine by Pauline Butling, Susan Rudy
Cover of the book Reflections on Values Education by Pauline Butling, Susan Rudy
Cover of the book The Legacies of Jean-Luc Godard by Pauline Butling, Susan Rudy
Cover of the book Ley Lines by Pauline Butling, Susan Rudy
Cover of the book Mapping Canada's Music by Pauline Butling, Susan Rudy
Cover of the book The Anglo-Saxons by Pauline Butling, Susan Rudy
Cover of the book The Waterloo Mennonites by Pauline Butling, Susan Rudy
Cover of the book Detecting Canada by Pauline Butling, Susan Rudy
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy