AMST 406(F) Twentieth-Century American Poetic Movements (Same as English 407)

This course examines American poetic movements from what one critic has called the "other side of the century." Starting with High Modernist forebears, Ezra Pound and Gertrude Stein, we will look at the work of Objectivist, Black Mountain, New York School, Black Arts, and Language and "post-Language" poets.
Format: seminar. Requirements: one long paper or two short papers and class participation.
Prerequisites: one or more literature courses. Enrollment limit: 19 (expected: 15). Preference given to junior and senior American Studies and English majors.

Hour: WANG