Alex Houen

Powers of Possibility

Experimental American Writing Since the 1960s

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Produktbeschreibung

By outlining a novel concept of literary practice, 'potentialism', this book shows how opening up literary possibilities enabled writers such as Allen Ginsberg, LeRoi Jones/Amiri Baraka, William S. Burroughs, Kathy Acker, and Lyn Hejinian to tackle matters of power and politics.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Hurst & Co.
• Seitenzahl: 296
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Februar 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 218mm x 140mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 476g
• ISBN-13: 9780199609291
• ISBN-10: 0199609292
• Artikelnr.: 36458611

Autorenporträt

Alex Houen is a University Lecturer in Modern Literature, and Fellow of Pembroke College, University of Cambridge. He is the author of various articles on literature and political violence, modernism, postmodernism, sacrifice, and theories of affect. He is co-editor of the online poetry journal Blackbox Manifold.

Inhaltsangabe

* Introduction
* 1: 'Back! Back! Back! Central Mind Machine Pentagon. . .': Allen
Ginsberg and the Vietnam War
* 2: 'This Black World of Purest Possibility': LeRoi Jones / Amiri
Baraka
* 3: Writing Outer Space for 'Potential America': William S. Burroughs
* 4: Novel Biopolitics: Kathy Acker and Michel Foucault
* 5: Making a Person Possible: Lyn Hejinian and Language Poetry
* 6: Conclusion: Potentialism and Practical Imagination
* Bibliography
* Index