The Poetic Imperative: A Speculative Aesthetics

Cover -- The Poetic Imperative -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 The Bees Come Booming: A Poetics Of As If -- 2 One Kind Of Knowledge: Poetry And Belief -- 3 Un Coup De Dés: The Secret History Of Poetry -- And Its Imaginary Future -- 4 The Vanishing Point Of Meaning: Making Sense Of The Fugal Past -- 5 To Undo The Creature: The Paradox Of Writing -- 6 Praxis And Poiesis: The Subversive Structures Of Poetry And Human Being -- 7 The Future Library And The Xenotext: Poetry And The Futurism Of The Present -- Notes -- References Johanna Skibsrud. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Electronic Reproduction. Ann Arbor, Mi Available Via World Wide Web.