Ashbery's Forms of Attention

Informationen zum Autor Andrew DuBois is assistant professor of English at the University of Toronto at Scarborough. He received his PhD in English and American Literature from Harvard University in 2003 and was the recipient of a Whiting Fellowship in the Humanities from the Mrs. Giles Whiting Foundation for 2002-2003. Klappentext Andrew DuBois assesses John Ashbery's career as a poet in the context of changes in 20th-century aesthetics! the rise of the information age! and the proliferation of aural and visual stimuli. The issue of attention! he argues! is useful not only for understanding the problems of perception and concentration in an age of information overload but also for understanding how Ashbery's poetry and poetry in general contend with those issues. Zusammenfassung Assesses John Ashbery's career as a poet in the context of changes in 20th-century aesthetics! the rise of the information age! and the proliferation of aural and visual stimuli. This book addresses Ashbery's many roles - as theorist! postmodern metaphysical! and enemy of poetic decorum; and his use of stream-of-consciousness as a poetic strategy.

Product details

• Authors: Andrew DuBois, Andrew Lee DuBois
• Publisher: The University of Alabama Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.07.2006
• EAN: 9780817352714
• ISBN: 978-0-8173-5271-4
• No. of pages: 161
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 222 mm x 19 mm
• Series: Modern & Contemporary Poetics; Modern and Contemporary Poetic; Modern & Contemporary Poetics; Modern and Contemporary Poetic
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies