“For which we haven’t yet a satisfactory name” : the birth of Linguistically Innovative Poetry and the practice of a collective poetics in Robert Sheppard’s Pages and Floating Capital

Thurston, SD

Abstract

A detailed account of early editorial pieces by Robert Sheppard (b. 1955) - a major figure in Linguistically Innovative Poetry - in his magazine Pages - laying the theoretical groundwork for a new movement in poetry. The piece also consider Sheppard's poetry in relation to contemporary concepts of pulse and creative linkage.

Citation

Thurston, S. (2019). “For which we haven’t yet a satisfactory name” : the birth of Linguistically Innovative Poetry and the practice of a collective poetics in Robert Sheppard’s Pages and Floating Capital. In C. Madden, & J. Byrne (Eds.), The Robert Sheppard Companion (36-59). Bristol: Shearsman Books

• Acceptance Date: Sep 1, 2018
• Publication Date: May 13, 2019
• Deposit Date: Sep 6, 2018
• Publicly Available Date: Dec 18, 2019
• Pages: 36-59
• Book Title: The Robert Sheppard Companion
• ISBN: 9781848616257
• Publisher URL: https://www.shearsman.com/store/James-Byrne-&-Christopher-Madden-eds-The-Robert-Sheppard-Companion-p121068758
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