Evaluations of US Poetry since 1950, Volume 1: Language, Form, and Music

Introduction
Robert Faggen and Robert von Hallberg

Voice
Chapter One. On Voice as a Category of Analysis; or, Lyric Address
Linda Gregerson
Chapter Two. The Extravagance of Elizabeth Bishop
Stephen Yenser
Chapter Three. James Merrill, Off the Gold Standard
Langdon Hammer
Chapter Four. Why the Poetry of C. D. Wright Is Likely to Last a Long Time (with Attention to Why Poetry Lasts, More Generally)
Stephanie Burt
Chapter Five. Miłosz's "Ars Poetica?"
Robert Faggen

Language
Chapter Six. J. H. Prynne's Twist on Charles Olson
John Wilkinson
Chapter Seven. The Value of George Oppen's Small Words
Katerina Stergiopoulou
Chapter Eight. On Harryette Mullen
Scarlett Higgins

Form
Chapter Nine. #CageFreePoetry
Charles Bernstein
Chapter Ten. "Funny Ha-Ha or Funny Peculiar?" Recalculating Charles Bernstein's Poetry
Marjorie Perloff
Chapter Eleven. The Recipe for Charles Wright
John Farrell
Chapter Twelve. The Warm Variety of Risk: Richard Wilbur and Edgar Bowers
Kenneth Fields

Musicality
Chapter Thirteen. Songs and Their Lyrics: Any Room at the Feast?
Nigel Smith
Chapter Fourteen. Jay Wright: A Few Words of Appreciation
Danielle S. Allen
Chapter Fifteen. Nathaniel Mackey and the Music
Robert von Hallberg

Contributors
Index