Muriel Rukeyser and documentary: the poetics of connection
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Main Author: Gander, Catherine (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Edinburgh Edinburgh University Press ©2013
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Online Access:FAW01
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Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
Introduction -- The photo-text -- The lives -- Documentary and the emergence of American studies -- Landscape, navigation and cartography -- Conclusion -- Appendix : illustrations
This study of twentieth-century American poet Muriel Rukeyser explores the multiple avenues of her 'poetics of connection' to reveal a profound engagement with the equally intertextual documentary genre. It examines previously overlooked photo narratives, poetry, prose and archival material and demonstrates an enduring dialogue between the poet's relational aesthetics and documentary's similarly interdisciplinary and creative approach to the world. By considering the sources of documentary in Rukeyser's work, the study provides insight into her guiding poetic principles, situating her as a vital figure in the history of twentieth-century American literature and culture, and as a pioneering personality in the development of American Studies
Physical Description:viii, 248 pages
ISBN:9780748670543
0748670548
9781299105706
129910570X
9780748670536
074867053X

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