The question at the heart of these sixteen essays—alternately theoretically demanding, impishly elusive, stylistically impacted, and wholly absorbing—is this: what, in the context of contemporary politico-aesthetic practices, is the avant-garde, and how, if at all, can some version of it continue to exist in a historical moment when ... everything is permitted, hence nothing is any longer possible? Avant-Post engages the question of whether or not avant-garde practice remains viable under the prevailing conditions of a whole series of "post-" ideologies, from Post-Modernism and Post-Structuralism, to Post-Historicism, Post-Humanism and Post-Ideology itself.
Louis Untermeyer Book order (chronological)
Louis Untermeyer was a prolific author, editor, and translator who profoundly influenced the accessibility of poetry. His extensive anthologies introduced contemporary American verse to generations of students starting in 1919. Untermeyer is remembered for dismantling the notion of poetry as a high-brow art, revealing its universal appeal through accessible examples. His lifelong passion for literature, cultivated since childhood, fostered friendships with major poets and writers, enriching his own creative and editorial endeavors.
Lots of Limericks
Light, Lusty, and Lasting
