LTEN 175BNew American Poetry—Post-World War II to the Present

4 units · LTEN · UC San Diego

Reading and interpretation of American poets whose work has made its major impact since the last war, for instance Charles Olson, Robert Creeley, Denise Levertov, Adrienne Rich, Allen Ginsberg, Frank O’Hara, and John Ashbery. Lectures will set the appropriate context in sociocultural and literary history. May be taken for credit up to three times as topics vary.