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  1. Poetry of the possible
    spontaneity, modernism, and the multitude
    Published: c2012
    Publisher:  University of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis

  2. Poetry of the possible
    spontaneity, modernism, and the multitude
    Published: c2012
    Publisher:  University of Minnesota Press, Minneapolis

    The Poetry of the Possible challenges the conventional image of modernism as a socially phobic formation, arguing that modernism's abstractions and difficulties are ways of imagining unrealized powers of collective self-organization. Establishing a... more

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    The Poetry of the Possible challenges the conventional image of modernism as a socially phobic formation, arguing that modernism's abstractions and difficulties are ways of imagining unrealized powers of collective self-organization. Establishing a conceptual continuum between modernism and contemporary theorists such as Paulo Virno, Michael Hardt, Antonio Negri, and Alain Badiou, Joel Nickels rediscovers modernism's attempts to document the creative potenza of the multitude. By examining scenes of collective life in works by William Carlos Williams, Wyndham Lewis, Laura Riding, and Wallace St

     

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    Source: Union catalogues
    Language: English
    Media type: Ebook
    Format: Online
    ISBN: 0816676089; 0816676097; 9780816680320; 9780816676088; 9780816676095
    Subjects: Modernism (Literature); Modernism (Literature); Spontaneity (Philosophy) in literature; English poetry; American poetry; American poetry ; 20th century ; History and criticism; English poetry ; 20th century ; History and criticism; Modernism (Literature) ; England; Modernism (Literature) ; United States; Spontaneity (Philosophy) in literature; Electronic books
    Scope: Online-Ressource (x, 272 p)
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    Includes bibliographical references and index

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    Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: Modernism and Spontaneous Organization; 1 Rising from Nowhere: Self-Valorization in William Carlos Williams's Poetry; 2 Wyndham Lewis, Constituent Power, and Collective Life; 3 "An Instantaneous Sympathy of Communication": Laura Riding and the Politics of Spontaneity; 4 Rhapsodies of Change: The Location of the Multitude in Wallace Stevens's Poetry; Conclusion: Beginning Again; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z