Whiteness, Feminism and the Absurd in Contemporary British and US Poetry
Edinburgh University Press (Verlag)
978-1-4744-9435-9 (ISBN)
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In an era of political and social turmoil on both sides of the Atlantic, where issues of gender, race and class are linked with concerns of how to survive in a capitalist society, a new aesthetic of Absurdist poetry has emerged. This aesthetic has a troubled relationship to race, pervaded by issues of representation in avant-garde poetry, and notions of who poetry writers and readers are. Focusing on British and US poets including Rachael Allen, Emily Berry, Crispin Best, Caroline Bird, Franny Choi, Jennifer L. Knox, Morgan Parker and Jane Yeh, Jenna Clake investigates how poets use the Absurd to destabilise ideas about race, gender and class and imagine social change. Bringing together Whiteness studies, socio-political theory, and close readings of poems, Clake examines how the Absurd has developed, how its poets understand privilege and offer prospects of hope and change, and how the Absurd might move away from nihilism.
Jenna Clake is Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing at Teesside University. Her debut novel Disturbance was published in 2023 and her poetry collections include Museum of Ice Cream (2021) and Fortune Cookie (2018). She has received an Eric Gregory Award from the Society of Authors, and was shortlisted for the Somerset Maugham Award in 2018.
Acknowledgements
Introduction: The Absurd, Race and Gender
Part I
1. Feminine and Feminist Humour and Whiteness in Contemporary British Absurdist Poetry
2. Miscommunication and Failure to Connect in the Absurd
3. The Apocalypse in the Absurd
Part II
4. Authority, 'White Trash' and Culture in Jennifer L. Knox’s A Gringo Like Me
5. Sadness in Caroline Bird’s The Hat-Stand Union and In These Days of Prohibition
6. Reality and Imagination in Emily Berry’s Dear Boy
Afterword: Failing Better
Notes
Bibliography
Index
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 31.8.2026 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | Edinburgh |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Lyrik / Dramatik ► Lyrik / Gedichte |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-4744-9435-8 / 1474494358 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-4744-9435-9 / 9781474494359 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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