English 468/568: Reading Experiments

The Routledge Companion to Experimental Literature maps this expansive and multifaceted field, with essays on: the history of literary experiment from the beginning of the twentieth century to the present.

The author offers a theoretical reading of "black experimental writing" that understands the term both as a profound literary development and as a concept with which to analyze the ways that writing challenges us to rethink the relationships between race and literary techniques.

Quickly equips readers with the strategies to understand and deepen their engagement with individual poems. Includes explanation of poetic forms such as sound effects, rhythm and metre, the typographic display of poems on the page and the language of poetry.

The volume is divided into six sections that consider:the foremost figures of the Anglophone Caribbean literary tradition and a history of literary critical debate textual turning points, identifying key moments in both literary and critical history and bringing lesser known works into context with fresh perspectives on enduring and contentious critical issues.