Selling and Self-Regulation of Contemporary Poetry

The Selling and Self-Regulation of Contemporary Poetry is the first book-length study of the contemporary poetry industry. By documenting radical changes over the past decade in the way poems are published, marketed, and circulated, it connects the seemingly small world of poetry with the other, wider creative industries.

List of contents

Introduction - An Essential Industry: PoBiz in the New Millennium; Part I: New Markets; 1. The Generation Game: Anthologising the New Consensus; 2. Shortlisted Against My Ruins: Scandals in the New Prize Culture; 3. Poetry as Content: The Network Value of Lyrical Thought; Part II: New Products; 4. Full-Length: The Rise & Reification of the Modern Poetry Collection; 5. Poetic Devices: Book Technologies of a Retro-Future; 6. The Big Debut; Part III: New Policy; 7. Creative Capital: The Consolidation of London's Poetry Power; 8. Plagiarism Police and the Re-Conception of Originality; 9. Practice-Based Priorities: Studying Poetry Across the Creative-Critical Divide; Part IV: New Producers; 10. Poetry & Work: Some Thoughts on Paterson; 11. Delighted & Humbled: The Poet as Entrepreneur; 12. The Promise of Professionalism; Conclusion - The Poetry Game: Markets & Metrics of Anxiety; Index.

About the author

J. T. Welsch is a writer and critic, and a lecturer in english and creative industries at the University of York.

Product details

• Authors: J T Welsch, J. T. Welsch, J.T. Welsch
• Publisher: Anthem Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.03.2020
• EAN: 9781785273353
• ISBN: 978-1-78527-335-3
• No. of pages: 246
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Literature, Poetry, LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry, LITERARY CRITICISM / Books & Reading, Literature: history and criticism, Literary studies: poetry and poets, Publishing and book trade