Paperback / softback | |
April 30, 2001 | |
9780819564283 | |
English | |
264 | |
9.00 Inches (US) | |
6.00 Inches (US) | |
.9 Pounds (US) | |
$24.95 USD, £18.50 GBP | |
v2.1 Reference | |
Prepositions +
The Collected Critical Essays
An indispensable collection of an avant-garde poet's literary essays.
Prepositions: The Collected Critical Essays, published first in 1967 and then in an expanded edition in 1981, was a definitive set of critical statements by Louis Zukofsky, one of the most important poets of the 20th century. These central expositions of Zukofsky's own poetics, and enduring examinations of the art of poetry, range over the entire length of Zukofsky's career and include sensitive and prescient readings of Henry Adams, William Carlos Williams, Marianne Moore, Ezra Pound, E. E. Cummings, and others.
Prepositions + brings this essential collection back into print, and adds generous selections of Zukofsky's uncollected prose, most notably the crucial 5 Statements for Poetry. Published in a small edition in 1958 and out of print ever since, 5 Statements gathers the essays that Zukofsky felt best presented his own poetics. Among them are the three essays, in their original and expansive forms, that crystallized the "Objectivist" movement of the early 1930s. Prepositions + also includes an extended in-depth interview in which Zukofsky discusses his poetry and poetics.
Prepositions: The Collected Critical Essays, published first in 1967 and then in an expanded edition in 1981, was a definitive set of critical statements by Louis Zukofsky, one of the most important poets of the 20th century. These central expositions of Zukofsky's own poetics, and enduring examinations of the art of poetry, range over the entire length of Zukofsky's career and include sensitive and prescient readings of Henry Adams, William Carlos Williams, Marianne Moore, Ezra Pound, E. E. Cummings, and others.
Prepositions + brings this essential collection back into print, and adds generous selections of Zukofsky's uncollected prose, most notably the crucial 5 Statements for Poetry. Published in a small edition in 1958 and out of print ever since, 5 Statements gathers the essays that Zukofsky felt best presented his own poetics. Among them are the three essays, in their original and expansive forms, that crystallized the "Objectivist" movement of the early 1930s. Prepositions + also includes an extended in-depth interview in which Zukofsky discusses his poetry and poetics.
About the Authors
In addition to The Wesleyan Centennial Edition of the Complete Critical Writings, LOUIS ZUKOFSKY's many books include "A," The Complete Short Poetry, and The Collected Fiction. MARK SCROGGINS is author of Louis Zukofsky and the Poetry of Knowledge (1998). CHARLES BERNSTEIN is Professor of English at SUNY-Buffalo.
Reviews
"Like Mr. Zukofsky's poetry, these short, gnarled, tendentious, self-assured, inward, rather pedantic, rather touching pieces give an impression of restraint whose bearing is toward some integrity of self that is itself a kind of restraint."—M. L. Rosenthal, Poetry
Paperback / softback | |
April 30, 2001 | |
9780819564283 | |
English | |
264 | |
9.00 Inches (US) | |
6.00 Inches (US) | |
.9 Pounds (US) | |
$24.95 USD, £18.50 GBP | |
v2.1 Reference | |
Other Titles by Louis Zukofsky
Le Style Apollinaire
Louis Zukofsky, edited by Serge Gavronsky
Feb 2004
- Wesleyan University Press
$24.95 USD
- Paperback / softback
The Correspondence of William Carlos Williams and Louis Zukofsky
edited by Barry Ahearn, William Carlos Williams, Louis Zukofsky
Dec 2003
- Wesleyan University Press
$45.00 USD
- Hardback
A Useful Art
Louis Zukofsky, edited by Kenneth Sherwood
Jul 2003
- Wesleyan University Press
$24.95 USD
- Paperback / softback
Other Titles by Charles Bernstein
BAX 2016
edited by Seth Abramson, Charles Bernstein, Tracie Morris, Jesse Damiani
Feb 2017
- Wesleyan University Press
$40.00 USD
- Hardback
$19.95 USD
- Paperback / softback
$15.99 USD
- Electronic book text
Other Titles in LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry
The Religious Sublime
David B. Morris
Oct 2025
- University Press of Kentucky
$25.00 USD
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$12.95 USD
- Electronic book text
The Academic Avant-Garde
Kimberly Quiogue Andrews
Jan 2023
- Johns Hopkins University Press
$94.95 USD
- Hardback
$34.95 USD
- Paperback / softback
$34.95 USD
- Electronic book text
Sustainable Poetry
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Dec 2021
- University Press of Kentucky
$35.00 USD
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$12.95 USD
- Electronic book text