Required Texts and Other Readings

Required Texts

(for purchase at UTPB bookstore)

Zukofsky, Louis. "A". Johns Hopkins
Zukofsky, Louis. Complete Short Poetry. Johns Hopkins
Oppen, George. The Collected Poems of George Oppen. New Directions
Niedecker, Lorine. Lorine Niedecker: Collected Works. U California Press
Blau Duplessis, Rachel and Peter Quartermain eds. The Objectivist Nexus : Essays in Cultural Poetics U Alabama
McLaughlin, Thomas and Frank Lentricchia, eds.Critical Terms for Literary Study University of Chicago

(electronic editions)

Reznikoff, Charles. Testimony: The United States, 1885-1915, Volume 1 (1978), Testimony: The United States (1885-1915): Recitative, Volume 2 (1979), Black Sparrow *
Reznikoff, Charles. Poems 1918-1975: The Complete Poems of Charles Reznikoff (1989), Black Sparrow Press. *
Bunting, Basil. Complete Poems (2000), Bloodaxe Books. *

(*available through a UTPB database: LION, Chadwyck Healy. Select Individual Literature Collection, 20th C. American Poetry; 20th C. British Poetry)

Other Resources

Course website and discussion board: http://www.utpb.edu/courses/sherwood/engl6389F02
"Man and Poet" series volumes on Zukofsky, Oppen, Reznikoff, Niedecker, and Bunting.
Firstsearch: MLA Bibliography*
LION (Chadwyck-Heally, 20th C poetry collections and limited criticism archive)*
Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory and Criticism (terms defined) http://www.press.jhu.edu/books/hopkins_guide_to_literary_theory/
XRefer (Humanties Reference E-library, includes Oxford companions to Art, Language, English Literature, and Philosophy) www.xrefer.com
JSTOR (Journal Storage: Searchable, full-text archive)*
Project Muse (Hopkins searchable, full-text journal archive)*
Gale Research (Dictionary of Literary Biography and other databases)*
EPC - Electronic Poetry Center (web index) epc.buffalo.edu
MAPS - Modern American Poetry (critical excerpts, companion to Oxford Modern American Poetry) http://www.english.uiuc.edu/maps/
Factory School (Web audio archive of spoken word poetry) http://www.factoryschool.org/content/poetry/

(*Access UTPB library databases http://www.utpb.edu/library/alphabetical_list.html. Off-campus access requires direct dial-up or proxy service. For more information see http://www.utpb.edu/library/remote.html)