TY - GEN AB - This study engages the life of form in contemporary innovative poetries through both an introduction to the latest theories and close readings of leading North American and British innovative poets. The critical approach derives from Robert Sheppard's axiomatic contention that poetry is the investigation of complex contemporary realities through the means (meanings) of form. Analyzing the poetry of Rosmarie Waldrop, Caroline Bergval, Sean Bonney, Barry MacSweeney, Veronica Forrest-Thomson, Kenneth Goldsmith, Allen Fisher, and Geraldine Monk, Sheppard argues that their forms are a matter of authorial design and readerly engagement. AU - Sheppard, Robert, CN - PN6099.S547 2016 DO - 10.1007/978-3-319-34045-6 DO - doi ID - 1358138 KW - Poetry, Modern KW - Poetry, Modern LK - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://link.springer.com/10.1007/978-3-319-34045-6 N2 - This study engages the life of form in contemporary innovative poetries through both an introduction to the latest theories and close readings of leading North American and British innovative poets. The critical approach derives from Robert Sheppard's axiomatic contention that poetry is the investigation of complex contemporary realities through the means (meanings) of form. Analyzing the poetry of Rosmarie Waldrop, Caroline Bergval, Sean Bonney, Barry MacSweeney, Veronica Forrest-Thomson, Kenneth Goldsmith, Allen Fisher, and Geraldine Monk, Sheppard argues that their forms are a matter of authorial design and readerly engagement. SN - 9783319340456 SN - 331934045X T1 - The meaning of form in contemporary innovative poetry / TI - The meaning of form in contemporary innovative poetry / UR - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://link.springer.com/10.1007/978-3-319-34045-6 ER -