TY - BOOK AU - Biddinger,Mary AU - Gallaher,John TI - The monkey and the wrench: essays into contemporary poetics T2 - Akron series in contemporary poetics SN - 9781935603511 AV - PN1042 .M57 2011eb U1 - 808.1 22 PY - 2011/// CY - Akron, Ohio PB - University of Akron Press KW - Poetics KW - History KW - 20th century KW - 21st century KW - American poetry KW - History and criticism KW - Poétique KW - Histoire KW - 20e siècle KW - 21e siècle KW - Poésie américaine KW - Histoire et critique KW - LITERARY CRITICISM KW - Poetry KW - bisacsh KW - General KW - fast KW - Electronic books KW - Criticism, interpretation, etc N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction / Mary Biddinger and John Gallaher -- The discursive situation of poetry / Robert Archambeau -- The moves : common maneuvers in contemporary poetry / Elisa Gabbert -- An aesthetics of accumulation : on the contemporary litany / Michael Dumanis -- Cornucopia, or, contemporary American rhyme / Stephen Burt -- I am one of an infinite number of monkeys named Shakespeare, or, why I don't own this language / Benjamin Paloff -- Persona and the mystical poem / Elizabeth Robinson -- A wilderness of monkeys / David Kirby -- Hybrid aesthetics and its discontents / Arielle Greenberg [and others] -- Response to hybrid aesthetics and its discontents / Cole Swensen -- Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye : notes on the ends of poems / Joy Katz N2 - The Monkey and the Wrench: Essays into Contemporary Poetics takes a snapshot of a moving target: the ever-shifting conversation about today's poetry. The ten essays in this collection offer reflections and insights, practical advice for craft matters, and provocative points of departure for those who read and write poetry. This series seeks to further the discussion of poetics in America and beyond, and to showcase the ideas of writers and critics with varied sensibilities. The first volume in the Akron Series in Contemporary Poetics, The Monkey & the Wrench, explores the debate over hybrid aesthetics, confronts the topic of contemporary rhyme, and ventures into the realm of persona and the mystical poem. This volume is ideal for both the classroom and the nightstand, for the poet's desk and the critic's bookshelf. Series editors Mary Biddinger and John Gallaher have assembled an eclectic collection that welcomes the reader into the conversation, while documenting the seismic activity of today's poetry world UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=493327 ER -