Contents
Preface
Introduction: The Double-Double Turn
Part 1: Objectivist Poethics
1. Saying Obligation: George Oppen’s Of Being Numerous
2. A Phenomenology of Judgment: Charles Reznikoff ’s Holocaust
Part 2: Excess and Eros
3. The Ethics of Excess: Edward Dorn’s Gunslinger
4. The Body Ethical: Robert Duncan’s Passages
Part 3: An Ethics of Sexual Alterity
5. The Nearness of Poetry: Susan Howe’s The Nonconformist’s Memorial
6. Permeable Ethics: Lyn Hejinian’s The Cell
Conclusion: What Difference Does Poetic Obligation Make?
Notes
Bibliography
Index