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Andrei Codrescu and the Myth of America
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"This is one of those times, a time choked in the weeds of academic and civilian formalism. To put it mildly, most of what we see in print in North America is unbearably trivial and singularly devoid of courage."--Andrei Codrescu, The Disappearance of the Outside. Known to the general public as a radio commentator on National Public Radio, Romanian-born essayist and poet Andrei Codrescu has developed a variety of voices throughout his Transylvanian humorist on NPR, surrealist poet in his many volumes of poetry, academic essayist in his philosophical writings and historical novelist. Taking seemingly everyday events in seemingly mundane places, Codrescu is able to link the random details into a larger whole, leading his readers and listeners to conclusions very different from those they first imagined. This work explores Codrescu's writings and how they are a part of the surrealist tradition. It examines the ways in which his poetry, essays and novels are influenced by his upbringing in Communist Romania and the liberal attitudes he encountered upon moving to the United States, and draws comparisons between Codrescu and other surrealists. An interview with the author is also included.
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216 pages, Paperback
First published January 1,2005
This edition
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216 pages, Paperback
- Published
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April 13, 2005 by McFarland
- ISBN
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9780786421374
- ASIN
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0786421371
- Language
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English
About the author
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Kirby Olson is Professor of Philosophy, Literature, and Creative Writing at SUNY-Delhi. He studied poetry at Naropa Institute with Gregory Corso and Allen Ginsberg from 1977 to 1979 and taught English and American Literature at a Finnish university. His poems have been published in First Things, Christianity and Literature, Lutheran Forum, Partisan Review, South Dakota Review, North Dakota Quarterly and Poetry East, among others.
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