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Addresses the state of contemporary humanities, the teaching of unconventional forms, fresh approaches to translation, the history of language media, and the connections between poetry and visual art.

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"This is a superbly smart and invigorating book that triumphantly demonstrates Charles Bernstein's goals and values. Those who want satire, those who want earnest discussion, those who want information, those who want to get a sense of personality, those who want theory, those who want entertainment, even those who wish to be confirmed in their beliefs and those who wish to nurse their resentments, will all find something here." -Daisy Fried "Charles Bernstein writes both prose and poetry about poetry, sometimes brilliantly, in ways calculated to upset the middle-brow and thwart the bland. The more you like the poetic equivalent of a nice tune, easy to hum, the more Bernstein means to disrupt your complacency." -Robert Pinsky"

Attack of the Difficult Poems Essays and

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      Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 30/04/2011
      ISBN13: 9780226044774, 978-0226044774
      ISBN10: 0226044777
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      Literature: history and criticism

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Addresses the state of contemporary humanities, the teaching of unconventional forms, fresh approaches to translation, the history of language media, and the connections between poetry and visual art.

      Trade Review
      "This is a superbly smart and invigorating book that triumphantly demonstrates Charles Bernstein's goals and values. Those who want satire, those who want earnest discussion, those who want information, those who want to get a sense of personality, those who want theory, those who want entertainment, even those who wish to be confirmed in their beliefs and those who wish to nurse their resentments, will all find something here." -Daisy Fried "Charles Bernstein writes both prose and poetry about poetry, sometimes brilliantly, in ways calculated to upset the middle-brow and thwart the bland. The more you like the poetic equivalent of a nice tune, easy to hum, the more Bernstein means to disrupt your complacency." -Robert Pinsky"

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