Poems for the Millennium: The University of California Book of Romantic and Postromantic Poetry
A large anthology of romantic and postromantic poetry that also highlights experimental forms.
Work Information
A wide-angle view of the edges and centers of modern poetry.
Edited by Jerome Rothenberg and Jeffrey C. Robinson, this substantial anthology reinterprets nineteenth-century poetry for modern readers.
Book Information
- Publisher
- Univ of California Pr
- Published
- 2009-01-19
- Pages
- 928 pages
- Language
- 英語
- Size
- 15.24 x 4.32 x 22.86 cm
- ISBN-13
- 9780520255982
- ISBN-10
- 0520255984
- Price
- 6964 JPY
- Category
- 洋書/Literature & Fiction/Poetry/Anthologies
The previous two volumes of this acclaimed anthology set forth a globally decentered revision of twentieth-century poetry from the perspective of its many avant-gardes. Now editors Jerome Rothenberg and Jeffrey C. Robinson bring a radically new interpretation to the poetry of the preceding century, viewing the work of the romantic and post-romantic poets as an international, collective, often utopian enterprise that became the foundation of experimental modernism. Global in its range, volume three gathers selections from the poetry and manifestos of canonical poets, as well as the work of lesser-known but equally radical poets. Defining romanticism as experimental and visionary, Rothenberg and Robinson feature prose poetry, verbal-visual experiments, and sound poetry, along with more familiar forms seen here as if for the first time. The anthology also explores romanticism outside the European orbit and includes ethnopoetic and archaeological works outside the literary mainstream. The range of volume three and its skewing of the traditional canon illuminate the process by which romantics and post- romantics challenged nineteenth-century orthodoxies and propelled poetry to the experiments of a later modernism and avant-gardism.
Jerome Rothenberg is an internationally known poet and Professor Emeritus of Visual Arts and Literature at the University of California, San Diego. Jeffrey C. Robinson is Professor of English at the University of Colorado Boulder.
Reviews
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Fantastic- this will keep you going for a year. Also- especially recommended are the very generous, witty and surprising commentaries on each section. Amazingly varied and will make you re-evaluate exactly what makes a piece of writing modern, postmodern or romantic. Fantastic book.
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Poems for the Millennium, Volume Three is a revelatory anthology that redefines romantic and post-romantic poetry through a global and experimental lens. Editors Jerome Rothenberg and Jeffrey C. Robinson curate a collection that challenges conventional boundaries, showcasing both canonical and lesser-known poets who shaped the trajectory of modernism. This volume's rich diversity includes prose poetry, visual experiments, and sound poetry, offering readers a profound journey into the avant-garde of nineteenth-century poetic movements.
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Great and essential collection, as one would expect from the Master.
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son loves it.
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