{"product_id":"the-matter-of-capital-poetry-and-crisis-in-the-american-century-9780674058729","title":"The Matter of Capital: Poetry and Crisis in the American Century","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn this highly original reexamination of North American poetry in English from Ezra Pound to the present day  Christopher Nealon demonstrates that the most vital writing of the period is deeply concerned with capitalism. This focus is not exclusive to the work of left-wing poets: the problem of capitalisms effect on individuals  communities  and cultures is central to a wide variety of poetry  across a range of political and aesthetic orientations. Indeed  Nealon asserts  capitalism is the material out of which poetry in English has been created over the last century.  Much as poets of previous ages continually examined topics such as the deeds of King Arthur or the history of Troy  poets as diverse as Jack Spicer  John Ashbery  and Claudia Rankine have taken as their matter the dynamics and impact of capitalismnot least its tendency to generate economic and political turmoil. Nealon argues persuasively that poets attention to the matter of capital has created a corresponding notion of poetry as a kind of textual matter  capable of dispersal  retrieval  and disguise in times of crisis. Offering fresh readings of canonical poets from W. H. Auden to Adrienne Rich  as well as interpretations of younger writers like Kevin Davies  The Matter of Capital reorients our understanding of the central poetic project of the last century.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45793956724789,"sku":"ByrdShop_0674058720","price":133.13,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780674058729.jpg?v=1788289081","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/the-matter-of-capital-poetry-and-crisis-in-the-american-century-9780674058729","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}