“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
(2019)
Book Chapter
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
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'... Read More about “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.