‘Need keeps the book of dying open’ : negative capability in Gil Ott’s The Whole Note

Thurston, S

Abstract

This paper was delivered at the Conference 'Ambiguity and the Search for Meaning' at the Jagiellonian University, Institute of English Philology, Krakow, Poland, April 2008. It explores the work of Gil Ott (1950-2004): poet, writer and publisher associated with the Language Poetry movement. The paper reads Ott's 1996 book The Whole Note for its ‘search for meaning’ in the face of death, arguing that it constitutes an illustration of Keats' notion of negative capability.

Citation

Thurston, S. ‘Need keeps the book of dying open’ : negative capability in Gil Ott’s The Whole Note. Presented at Ambiguity and the search for meaning : English and American studies at the beginning of the 21st century (Eleventh International Conference), Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland

• Presentation Conference Type: Other
• Conference Name: Ambiguity and the search for meaning : English and American studies at the beginning of the 21st century (Eleventh International Conference)
• Conference Location: Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland
• End Date: Apr 25, 2008
• Publication Date: Jan 1, 2010
• Deposit Date: Nov 5, 2009
• Publicly Available Date: Mar 19, 2021
• Book Title: Ambiguity and the search for meaning : English and American studies at the beginning of the 21st century. Vol. 1, Literature
• ISBN: 9788323331179
• Keywords: Gil Ott
• Additional Information: Event Type : Conference