John Berryman, selections from (1969) The Dream Songs Robert Lowell, “John Berryman” (1964) Helen Vendler, selection from (1995) The Given and the Made Adam Kirsch, selection from (2005) The Wounded Surgeon Week 9: The Poet as Visionary II: The Black Mountain Poets and the Beats Allen selections from (1956) Howl Ginsberg, “Howl” [whole poem], Robert Creeley, poems Jack Spicer, poems Charles Olson, “Projective Verse” (1950) on (1965) Denise Levertov, “Some Notes Organic Form” Paul Breslin, selection from (1987) The Psycho-Political Muse: American Poetry Since the Fifties Week 10: The Poet as Philosopher II: John Ashbery and the New York School John Ashbery, selections from (1956) and (1977), Some Trees Houseboat Days “The System” from in a (1975) Three Poems (1972), “Self-Portrait Convex Mirror” selections from (1957) and (1964) Meditations in an Emergency Lunch Poems Frank O’Hara, A Frank O’Hara, “Personism: Manifesto” (1959) John Ashbery, Art of Poetry [interview], (1983) The Paris Review “The 33” Christopher Nealon, from (2011) The Matter of Capital “John Ashbery’s Optional Apocalypse,” ** ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY DUE ** Week 11: Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Poetics Adrienne Rich, selections from (2002) The Fact of a Doorframe: Poems 1950-2001 Rita Dove, selections from (1986) and (1996) Thomas and Beulah Mother Love Louise Glück, selections from (2013) Poems 1962-2012 Adrienne Rich, Dead and and Lesbian “When We Awaken” “Compulsory Heterosexuality Existence” (1979-1985) is Not a (1985) Audre Lorde, “Poetry Luxury” Louise Glück, from (1995) Proofs and Theories “Against Sincerity,” Week 12: L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E: Revisions of Subjectivity Charles Bernstein and Bruce Andrews, eds., selections from (1984) The LANGUAGE Book Lyn Hejinian, selections from (1987) My Life Susan Howe, selections from (2003) The Midnight Robert Grenier, “I HATE SPEECH” (1971) Poetry and the (1999) Marjorie Perloff, “Language Lyric Subject”
John Berryman, selections from The Dream Songs (1969) Robert Lowell, “John Berryman” (1964) Helen Vendler, selection from The Given and the Made (1995) Adam Kirsch, selection from The Wounded Surgeon (2005) Week 9: The Poet as Visionary II: The Black Mountain Poets and the Beats Allen Ginsberg, “Howl” [whole poem], selections from Howl (1956) Robert Creeley, poems Jack Spicer, poems Charles Olson, “Projective Verse” (1950) Denise Levertov, “Some Notes on Organic Form” (1965) Paul Breslin, selection from The Psycho-Political Muse: American Poetry Since the Fifties (1987) Week 10: The Poet as Philosopher II: John Ashbery and the New York School John Ashbery, selections from Some Trees (1956) and Houseboat Days (1977), “The System” from Three Poems (1972), “Self-Portrait in a Convex Mirror” (1975) Frank O’Hara, selections from Meditations in an Emergency (1957) and Lunch Poems (1964) Frank O’Hara, “Personism: A Manifesto” (1959) John Ashbery, “The Art of Poetry 33” [interview], The Paris Review (1983) Christopher Nealon, “John Ashbery’s Optional Apocalypse,” from The Matter of Capital (2011) ** ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY DUE ** Week 11: Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Poetics Adrienne Rich, selections from The Fact of a Doorframe: Poems 1950-2001 (2002) Rita Dove, selections from Thomas and Beulah (1986) and Mother Love (1996) Louise Glück, selections from Poems 1962-2012 (2013) Adrienne Rich, “When We Dead Awaken” and “Compulsory Heterosexuality and Lesbian Existence” (1979-1985) Audre Lorde, “Poetry is Not a Luxury” (1985) Louise Glück, “Against Sincerity,” from Proofs and Theories (1995) Week 12: L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E: Revisions of Subjectivity Charles Bernstein and Bruce Andrews, eds., selections from The LANGUAGE Book (1984) Lyn Hejinian, selections from My Life (1987) Susan Howe, selections from The Midnight (2003) Robert Grenier, “I HATE SPEECH” (1971) Marjorie Perloff, “Language Poetry and the Lyric Subject” (1999)
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