| Description |
ix, 318 pages ; 24 cm |
| ISBN |
9780226290003 hardback : alkaline paper |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Poetry and science: the poetic universe: mapping interrelations between modern American poetry and the sciences -- What the physicist said to the poet: how physicists used the ideal of poetry to talk about uncertainty -- Midcentury: Projective verse: fields in science and poetics at midcentury -- Conceptual schemes: the midcentury poetics of Muriel Rukeyser and Charles Olson -- Stories, geometries, and angels: Muriel Rukeyser, Charles Olson, and Robert Duncan in the 1950s -- Scientific Americans: Scientific American poetry: Rae Armantrout, Jackson Mac Low, and Robert Duncan -- Defying social science: George Oppen and Amiri Baraka. |
| Library Class |
English XA310.S33
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| Subject |
American poetry -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
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Literature and science.
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