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Brings a sense of social context to a field dominated by purely formalist criticism. By revealing the struggles of American poets as they address important questions about art, social life, and the oppression they encounter, Damon aims to add a new dimension to cultural theory.

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Introductions and interdictions; "Unmeaning jagon" / Uncanonized beatitude: Bob Kaufman, Poet; The child who writes / The child who died; Dirty jokes and angels: Jack Spicer and Robert Duncan - Writing the Gay community; Gertrude Stein's doggerel "Yiddish": women, dogs and Jews; Afterword: closer than close.

Dark End Of The Street Margins in American

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      Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 05/02/1993
      ISBN13: 9780816619870, 978-0816619870
      ISBN10: 0816619875

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Brings a sense of social context to a field dominated by purely formalist criticism. By revealing the struggles of American poets as they address important questions about art, social life, and the oppression they encounter, Damon aims to add a new dimension to cultural theory.

      Table of Contents
      Introductions and interdictions; "Unmeaning jagon" / Uncanonized beatitude: Bob Kaufman, Poet; The child who writes / The child who died; Dirty jokes and angels: Jack Spicer and Robert Duncan - Writing the Gay community; Gertrude Stein's doggerel "Yiddish": women, dogs and Jews; Afterword: closer than close.

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