CW 563 - Contemporary Poetry

This course will examine a variety of different trends in contemporary poetry and enable students to distinguish between some of the most important voices. The course is likely to explore the relations between contemporary poets and some of their precursors with an eye toward how these writers have affected such post-World War II movements as the confessional school, the beats, open field, the New York School, the Black Arts Movement, and the Language poets. It will also consider the poetry of the present day in which there is far less of a consensus as to which poets, trends or schools are central.

Course credits: 3