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Close listening : poetry and the performed word /
edited by Charles Bernstein.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN 0-19-510991-0; ISBN 0-19-510992-9
1. Poetics. 2. American poetry—History and criticism.
3. English poetry—History and criticism. I. Bernstein, Charles,
1950– .
PN 1042.C46 1998
808.1—dc21 97-32636
9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
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