Uncreative Writing, Close Reading ? À propos de Vanessa Place et Kenneth Goldsmith

Abstract

Conceptual poetry is one of the most significant expression of American avant-gardes, Kenneth Goldsmith and Vanessa Place being their prominent representatives. This paper aims to question three issues: the relationship, filiation or rupture, of this kind of poetry with the modernist tradition; the social and political meaning of the appropriation of their body of discourse; the status of “non-creative” works when confronted to other interpretations than conceptual ones, such as form analysis and “close reading.”

Keywords

• poetry
• conceptual poetry
• avant-gardes
• performance
• modernism
• Charles Reznikoff