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Close Listening

POETRY and the

PERFORMED WORD

Edited by Charles Bernstein

NEW YORK OXFORD

OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS

1998

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Close listening : poetry and the performed word /

edited by Charles Bernstein.

p. cm.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN 0-19-510991-0; ISBN 0-19-510992-9

1. Poetics. 2. American poetry—History and criticism.

3. English poetry—History and criticism. I. Bernstein, Charles,

1950-

PN 1042.C46 1998

808.1—dc21

987654321

Printed in the United States of America

on acid-free paper

97-32636