Stubborn Poetries: Poetic Facticity and the Avant-Garde

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Stubborn Poetries Modern and ConteMporary poetiCs Series Editors Charles Bernstein Hank Lazer Series Advisory Board Maria damon rachel Blau duplessis alan Golding susan Howe nathaniel Mackey Jerome McGann Harryette Mullen aldon nielsen Marjorie perloff Joan retallack ron silliman Jerry Ward Stubborn Poetries Poetic Facticity and the Avant-Garde Peter Quartermain The University of Alabama Press Tuscaloosa Copyright © 2013 the University of alabama press tuscaloosa, alabama 35487-0380 all rights reserved Manufactured in the United states of america typeface: Minion and Goudy sans Cover photograph: Courtesy of peter Quartermain Cover design: Gary Gore ∞ the paper on which this book is printed meets the minimum requirements of american national standard for information sciences—permanence of paper for printed Library Materials, ansi Z39.48-1984. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-publication data Quartermain, peter. stubborn poetries : poetic Facticity and the avant-Garde / peter Quartermain. pages cm. — (Modern and Contemporary poetics) includes bibliographical references and index. isBn 978-0-8173-5748-1 (quality paper : alk. paper) — isBn 978-0-8173-8671-9 (e book) 1. experimental poetry—History and criticism. 2. avant-garde (aesthetics) 3. poetics—psychological aspects. i. title. pn1059.e94Q37 2013 809.1'911—dc23 2012041445 ...