Sonic Stagings of U.S. Postwar Audiopoetry: Practices, Configurations, and Contexts of Poetry on Sound Carriers (C. 1950s--1980s)

As the first study of its kind, this book explores the publication of poetry on sound carriers in the US postwar era from an aesthetic as well as an historical point of view. Combining approaches from media and literary studies, it explains why labels and individuals like Amiri Baraka, Bernadette Mayer, or John Giorno straddled the lines between music, poetry, and visual arts using audio recording and playing devices. It sheds light on the sonic imaginaries that commercial and avant-gardist recording projects sought to mobilize and sometimes also unwittingly reproduced in this context.

Author: Ulla Stackmann
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Brill
Published: 08/14/2025
Series: Dqr Studies in Literature #67
Pages: 272
Weight: 1.25lbs
Size: 9.25h x 6.10w x 0.75d
ISBN: 9789004739345