{"product_id":"9781587297281","title":"Poetic Obligation: Ethics in Experimental American Poetry after 1945","description":"Since at least the time of Plato’s \u003ci\u003eRepublic,\u003c\/i\u003e the relationship between poetry and ethics has been troubled. Through the prism of what has been called the “new” ethical criticism, inspired by the work of Emmanuel Levinas, G. Matthew Jenkins considers the works of Objectivists, Black Mountain poets, and Language poets in light of their full potential to reshape this ancient relationship.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e American experimental poetry is usually read in either political or moral terms. \u003ci\u003ePoetic Obligation\u003c\/i\u003e, by contrast, considers the poems of Louis Zukofsky, Charles Reznikoff, George Oppen, Edward Dorn, Robert Duncan, Susan Howe, and Lyn Hejinian in terms of the philosophical notion of ethical obligation to the Other in language. Jenkins's historical trajectory enables him to consider the full breadth of ethical topics that have driven theoretical debate since the end of World War II. This original approach establishes an ethical lineage in the works of twentieth-century experimental poets, creating a way to reconcile the breach between poetry and the issue of ethics in literature at large.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e With implications for a host of social issues, including ethnicity and immigration, economic inequities, and human rights, Jenkins's imaginative reconciliation of poetry and ethics will provide stimulating reading for teachers and scholars of American literature as well as advocates and devotees of poetry in general. \u003ci\u003ePoetic Obligation\u003c\/i\u003e marshals ample evidence that poetry matters and continues to speak to the important issues of our day.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University of Iowa Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47171032842480,"sku":"9781587297281","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781587297281_p0.jpg?v=1763799267","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781587297281","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}