Overview
Examines themultiple angles of the avant-garde poetry and art of Joe BrainardJoe Brainard's work occupies the literal margins of New York school poetry, while also figuratively influencing its aesthetic margins, shaping the school from both within and without. Brainard was not only an important illustrator and friend to many New York school poets, he was also a respected collage artist, miniature artist, cartoonist, avid letter writer and serious poet. As the canon of avant-garde American poetry warmly embraces his poetry alongside his art, the field of literary criticism is freshly responding with enthusiasm to Brainard's literary contribution with sophisticated scholarship and first-hand accounts which attend to both his textual and visual nuances. This collection offers the first place for the importance of Brainard's poetry, collaborations and art to be recognised for their contribution and influence, all in one place. Key Features Features series of established and new voices in contemporary American poetrySelected essays all focus on writing but transgress disciplinary lines to also incorporate consideration of Brainard's visual practice at the same timeSuggests Brainard's work informingly lined, bound , and shaped the poetics of American avant-gardeShifts critical attention to Brainard's writing (while also attending to his well known comics and collages)Offers further analysis of Brainard's art and work as uniquely queer in aesthetic practice
Full Product Details
Author: Yasmine Shamma (Professor of Literature, University of Hull)
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Imprint: Edinburgh University Press
Weight: 0.590kg
ISBN: 9781474436663
ISBN 10: 1474436668
Pages: 280
Publication Date: 03 April 2019
Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Tertiary & Higher Education
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Professional & Vocational
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
"Shamma has done a fine job of gathering commentary from Brainard's circle and beyond, bringing this ""anti-heroic, humble and lyric"" writer and artist into critical focus. These essays and tributes help us to fully appreciate the richness and complexity of both the man and his work.-- ""Bonnie Costello, Boston University"""
Shamma has done a fine job of gathering commentary from Brainard’s circle and beyond, bringing this ""anti-heroic, humble and lyric"" writer and artist into critical focus. These essays and tributes help us to fully appreciate the richness and complexity of both the man and his work. * Bonnie Costello, Boston University *
Shamma has done a fine job of gathering commentary from Brainard's circle and beyond, bringing this ""anti-heroic, humble and lyric"" writer and artist into critical focus. These essays and tributes help us to fully appreciate the richness and complexity of both the man and his work.-- ""Bonnie Costello, Boston University""
Author Information
Yasmine Shamma is Professor of Literature at the University of Hull. She is the author of Spatial Poetics: Second Generation New York School Poetry (2018), editor of Joe Brainard's Art (2019) and lead editor of Migration Culture and Identity (2023). Alongside Rona Cran, she is co-founder of the Network for New York School Studies.
