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Nothingism: Poetry at the End of Print Culture

Nothingism: Poetry at the End of Print Culture

Schneiderman, Jason

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Series: Poets on Poetry

Writing InstructionPoetry CriticismGeneral Poetry

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ISBN10: 0472039849
ISBN13: 9780472039845
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Published: Mar 5 2025
Pages: 154
Weight: 0.38
Height: 0.40 Width: 5.51 Depth: 7.99
Language: English

2026 Pegasus Award for Poetry Criticism Winner!

What is the internet doing to poetry? Good question! In Nothingism, Jason Schneiderman grapples with the way that digital culture has begun to reshape America's poetry landscape, examining this profound shift in the way that poetry is written, read, and taught. He dives into the history of the poetic line and how previous media (oral, manuscript, print) have shaped our understanding of exactly what a poem is. In considering the transformations of poetry in the digital age, he finds that the transition from print to digital culture mirrors the earlier transition from manuscript to print culture.

In this collection, the essays range from blistering manifesto to deep historical dives to gentle classroom guidance to considerations of the poems of James Merrill and Agha Shahid Ali, moving between the theoretical and the practical. Nothingism is both deeply personal and highly erudite, providing an engaging and scholarly account of reading, writing, and teaching poetry as our world continues its unsupervised lurch toward digital culture.

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