Awards

• Winner of Kulczycki Book Prize in Polish Studies 2022 (United States)

Overview

Full Product Details

9780674261112

Table of Contents

Reviews

Erudite, lively, and brilliant, this book examines Polish culture through an original point of entry: poetry performance. Exploring the audio practices of canonical modern poets within the context of history, Kremer achieves a true breakthrough in literary and performance studies. -Irena Grudzinska-Gross, author of Czeslaw Milosz and Joseph Brodsky: Fellowship of Poets An exemplary study of poets' sound recordings, public and private, in postwar Poland. Aleksandra Kremer reads poetic performance styles through history, aesthetics, national culture, ideology, and translation, often using machine-assisted prosodic analysis. Her close listenings reveal the many ways in which poets' voicings exceed their texts. -Charles Bernstein, author of Close Listening: Poetry and the Performed Word Aleksandra Kremer makes a compelling case for modern Polish culture as a 'laboratory of poetry performance' in this original, masterfully researched study. It is a must-read not just for specialists, but for anyone interested in post-war Polish writing or indeed, in new ways of combining the humanities with technology while doing full justice to both. -Clare Cavanagh, author of Lyric Poetry and Modern Politics: Russia, Poland, and the West

Erudite, lively, and brilliant, this book examines Polish culture through an original point of entry: poetry performance. Exploring the audio practices of canonical modern poets within the context of history, Kremer achieves a true breakthrough in literary and performance studies. -- Irena Grudzinska-Gross, author of <i>Czeslaw Milosz and Joseph Brodsky: Fellowship of Poets</i> An exemplary study of poets' sound recordings, public and private, in postwar Poland. Aleksandra Kremer reads poetic performance styles through history, aesthetics, national culture, ideology, and translation, often using machine-assisted prosodic analysis. Her close listenings reveal the many ways in which poets' voicings exceed their texts. -- Charles Bernstein, author of <i>Close Listening: Poetry and the Performed Word</i> Aleksandra Kremer makes a compelling case for modern Polish culture as a 'laboratory of poetry performance' in this original, masterfully researched study. It is a must-read not just for specialists, but for anyone interested in post-war Polish writing or indeed, in new ways of combining the humanities with technology while doing full justice to both. -- Clare Cavanagh, author of <i>Lyric Poetry and Modern Politics: Russia, Poland, and the West</i>

Author Information

Aleksandra Kremer is Associate Professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures at Harvard University and the author of Przypadki poezji konkretnej. Studia pięciu książek (The twists and turns of concrete poetry: Case studies of five books).

Tab Content 6

Customer Reviews

Recent Reviews

Countries Available