{"product_id":"intricate-thicket-mark-scroggins-9780817358044","title":"Intricate Thicket: Reading Late Modernist Poetries","description":"In \u003ci\u003eIntricate Thicket: Reading Late Modernist Poetries\u003c\/i\u003e, Mark Scroggins writes with wit and dash about a fascinating range of key twentieth- and twenty-first-century poets and writers. In nineteen lively and accessible essays, he persuasively argues that the innovations of modernist verse were not replaced by postmodernism, but rather those innovations continue to infuse contemporary writing and poetry with intellectual and aesthetic richness. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In these essays, Scroggins reviews the legacy of Louis Zukofsky, delineates the exceptional influence of the Black Mountain poets, and provides close readings of a wealth of examples of poetic works from poets who have carried the modernist legacy into contemporary poetry. He traces with an insider's keen observation the careers of many of the most dynamic, innovative, and celebrated poets of the past half-century, among them Ian Hamilton Finlay, Ronald Johnson, Rae Armantrout, Harryette Mullen, and Anne Carson. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In a concluding pair of essays, Scroggins situates his own practice within the broad currents he has described. He reflects on his own aesthetics as a contemporary poet and, drawing on his extensive study and writing about Louis Zukofsky, examines the practical and theoretical challenges of literary biography. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e While the core of these essays is the interpretation of poetry, Scroggins also offers clear aesthetic evaluations of the successes and failures of the poetries he examines. Scroggins engages with complex and challenging works, and yet his highly accessible descriptions and criticisms avoid theoretical entanglements and specialized jargon. \u003ci\u003eIntricate Thicket\u003c\/i\u003e yields subtle and multifaceted insights to experts and newcomers alike.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mark Scroggins\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0817358048\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780817358044\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University Alabama Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/15\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.80d","brand":"Mark Scroggins","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48086961520895,"sku":"9780817358044","price":49.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a1585c3b-c78d-4a9d-912f-1301d43bbc46.jpg?v=1769097499","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/intricate-thicket-mark-scroggins-9780817358044","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}