Leaving Lines of Gender A Feminist Genealogy of Language Writing

"Regarding the textual and social formations that emerged as ‘Language’ poetry, LEAVING LINES OF GENDER broadens the view of the field revealed by earlier critical studies....Vickery delves into the archive: the Susan Howe papers, the Bernadette Mayer papers, the Sun & Moon papers, the Ron Silliman papers, and, especially, the Lyn Hejinian papers, are prominent sources. Vickery offers an interesting analysis of the archive and the work of the archivist in her introduction, and the glimpses at correspondence between Howe and Hejinian or Silliman and Bernstein, for example is an enticement...Vickery’s vast survey marks the shifting gender of poetic authority, revealing women as poets and editors, publishers and critics--a revelation that is crucial to an understanding of poetics in the United States since 1968. This is an ambitious project, covering a great deal of territory.Vickery, Ann is the author of 'Leaving Lines of Gender A Feminist Genealogy of Language Writing' with ISBN 9780819564320 and ISBN 081956432X.