Lyric Poetry in the Age of Teleculture: Issues in Contemporary American Poetics
Abstract
This article explores how the rise of electronic media has impacted contemporary American poetry and its attempts to address the dislocation of cultural meaning. The author discusses the concerns of various poetic groups, including the New Formalists, avant-garde poets, and literary evangelists, as they grapple with the challenges posed by the information age.",": contemporary poetry, teleculture, electronic media, dislocation, cultural meaning, avant-garde, New Formalism, poetic subject, poetic language, poetic image. The article argues that American poets have been responding to the inadequacy of the telecultural response to the modern predicament of rootlessness, isolation, and uncertainty by seeking new ways to make their words and images meaningful in a world saturated with ready-made perceptions from electronic media. The author discusses how avant-garde poets have incorporated new technologies into their work, using them as metaphors for the seductive dangers of the media-generated world. The article also critiques the commodification of the poetic subject and the valorization of common language in mainstream poetry.
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