Sensation Contemporary Poetry and Deleuze(2010).pdf

Sensation, Contemporary Poetry and Deleuze Related Titles in the Continuum Literary Studies series: Measureless Time of Joyce, Deleuze and Derrida Edited by Ruben BorgSensation, Contemporary Poetry and Deleuze Transformative Intensities Jon Clay Continuum International Publishing Group The Tower Building 80 Maiden Lane 11 York Road Suite 704 London SE1 7NX New York, NY 10038 ? Jon Clay 2010 Jon Clay has asserted his right under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 to be identii ed as the Author of this work. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or any information storage or retrieval system, without prior permission in writing from the publishers. British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. ISBN: 978-0-8264-2424-2 (hardcover) Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data A catalog record for this book is available from the Library of Congress. Typeset by Newgen Imaging Systems Pvt Ltd, Chennai, India Printed and bound in Great Britain by the MPG Books Group For Kate Oliver This page intentionally left blank Contents Acknowledgements viii Introduction 1 Chapter One ‘Crowned anarchy’– Deleuze’s univocal concept of being and the simulacrum: non-representational modernism and poetic innovation 12 Chapter Two Sensation and a Deleuzian aesthetics: reading innovative poetries 43 Chapter Three The signii cance of sensation: innovative poetry as social thought 76 Chapter Four The signii cance of sensation: the self 102 Chapter Five The signii cance of sensation: position and force of innovative poetic space 133 Chapter Six The signii cance of sensation: the politics of contemporary innovative poetry 152 Conclusion 181 Notes 185 Bibliography 198 Index 205 Acknowledgements I would like to thank the AHRC for fundi