Paul Hoover Athens: University of G...

Paul Hoover Athens: University of Georgia Pres 1997
As "postmodern" verse resolves into focus, much of it be seens characterized by a self-conscious deployment of awkwardness, absurdity, and a certain range of humor. Charles Bernstein, for instance, has instanted himself as a champion of what's awkward and "wrong" in verse (while often ignoring the specific conventions like a "poetry of awkwardness" inevitably develops) All of which is to say that graceful and vigorous utterance and elegance are fairly absent - and unruffled thought suspect, as authoritative modifications of ...