Language poets
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| - | The '''Language poets''' (or '''[[L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E (magazine)|L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E]] poets''', after the magazine that bears that name) are an ''[[avant garde]]'' group or tendency in [[United States poetry]] that emerged in the late 1960s and early 1970s. In developing their [[poetics]], members of the Language school took as their starting point the emphasis on method evident in the [[modernist poetry|modernist]] tradition, particularly as represented by [[Gertrude Stein]] and [[Louis Zukofsky]]. Language poetry is also an example of poetic [[postmodernism]]. Its immediate postmodern precursors were the [[The New American Poetry 1945-1960|New American poets]], a rubric which includes the [[New York School]], the [[Objectivist poets]], the [[Black Mountain poets|Black Mountain School]], the [[Beat generation|Beat]] poets, and the [[San Francisco Renaissance]]. | + | The '''Language poets''' (or '''[[L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E (magazine)|''L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E'']] poets''', after the magazine of that name) are an [[avant-garde]] group or tendency in [[United States poetry]] that emerged in the late 1960s and early 1970s. The poets included: [[Bernadette Mayer]], [[Leslie Scalapino]], [[Stephen Rodefer]], [[Bruce Andrews]], [[Charles Bernstein (poet)|Charles Bernstein]], [[Ron Silliman]], [[Barrett Watten]], [[Lyn Hejinian]], [[Tom Mandel (poet)|Tom Mandel]], [[Bob Perelman]], [[Rae Armantrout]], [[Alan Davies (poet)|Alan Davies]], [[Carla Harryman]], [[Clark Coolidge]], [[Hannah Weiner]], [[Susan Howe]], [[James Sherry (poet)|James Sherry]], and [[Tina Darragh]]. |
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| + | * [[List of poetry groups and movements]] | ||
| + | * [[List of literary movements]] | ||
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The Language poets (or L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E poets, after the magazine of that name) are an avant-garde group or tendency in United States poetry that emerged in the late 1960s and early 1970s. The poets included: Bernadette Mayer, Leslie Scalapino, Stephen Rodefer, Bruce Andrews, Charles Bernstein, Ron Silliman, Barrett Watten, Lyn Hejinian, Tom Mandel, Bob Perelman, Rae Armantrout, Alan Davies, Carla Harryman, Clark Coolidge, Hannah Weiner, Susan Howe, James Sherry, and Tina Darragh.
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