Attention equals life : the pursuit of the everyday in contemporary poetry and culture / Andrew Epstein.

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TextLanguage: English Publication details: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2018.Edition: 1st edDescription: xi, 364 pages ; 24 cmISBN:

9780190887407

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811.5409355 23 EPS

Contents:

1. Introduction: the poetics of everyday life since 1945 -- 2. The crisis of attention, everyday life theory, and contemporary poetry -- 3. "Each day so different, yet still alike": James Schuyler and the elusive everyday -- 4. "The tiny invites attention": A.R. Ammons's quotidian muse -- 5. Writing the maternal every day: Bernadette Mayer and her "daughters" (Hoa Nguyen, Susan Holbrook, Laynie Browne) -- 6. "There is no content here, only dailiness": poetry as critique of everyday life in Ron Silliman's Ketjak -- 7. Everyday-life projects in contemporary poetry and culture (Kenneth Goldsmith, Claudia Rankine, Brenda Coultas, Harryette Mullen) 8. Conclusion: Claudia Rankine's Citizen and beyond.

Summary: "Attention Equals Life examines why a quest to pay attention to daily life has increasingly become a central feature of both contemporary American poetry and the wider culture of which it is a part"--

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
General Books	CUTN Central Library Literature	Fiction	811.5409355 EPS (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		42211

Originally published: 2016.

1. Introduction: the poetics of everyday life since 1945 --
2. The crisis of attention, everyday life theory, and contemporary poetry --
3. "Each day so different, yet still alike": James Schuyler and the elusive everyday --
4. "The tiny invites attention": A.R. Ammons's quotidian muse --
5. Writing the maternal every day: Bernadette Mayer and her "daughters" (Hoa Nguyen, Susan Holbrook, Laynie Browne) --
6. "There is no content here, only dailiness": poetry as critique of everyday life in Ron Silliman's Ketjak --
7. Everyday-life projects in contemporary poetry and culture (Kenneth Goldsmith, Claudia Rankine, Brenda Coultas, Harryette Mullen)
8. Conclusion: Claudia Rankine's Citizen and beyond.

"Attention Equals Life examines why a quest to pay attention to daily life has increasingly become a central feature of both contemporary American poetry and the wider culture of which it is a part"--

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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