Attention Equals Life : The Pursuit of the Everyday in Contemporary Poetry and Culture

from RODNEYP

Well, this book is not really about "modernism---It is mostly about the so-distant New York School---and "American Philosophical tradition---really? Also not leading up to the mid-century---but a bit later. But even if that's not what it's about---the book is really smart---the author also has a ...

from james.d.gifford

I read this for the 2017 Modernist Studies Association Book Prize. It's excellent work following on several very strong studies of modernism and the everyday, and it was a finalist for the prize. It's hard not to see Epstein's work as the culmination of such studies of American poetry. Attention ...

from james.d.gifford

I read this for the 2017 Modernist Studies Association Book Prize. It's excellent work following on several very strong studies of modernism and the everyday, and it was a finalist for the prize. It's hard not to see Epstein's work as the culmination of such studies of American poetry. Attention ...