Topic 6:

Erica Baum: Laceless

The Poessay:
Non-fiction as poetry

Themes:
1. The Art of Abjection
   Primary Text:
   • Susan Howe: “The Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson.” In The Birth-Mark: Unsettling the Wilderness in American Literary History (1993)
   Critical Text:
   • Roland Barthes "The Pleasure of the Text" (1973)


2. Where Now?
   Primary Texts:
   • Anne Carson: "The Fall of Rome" (1992)
   • Richard von Sturmer: from We Xerox Your Zebras (1988)

Author Pages:

1. Roland Barthes (1915-1980)


2. Anne Carson (1950- )


3. Susan Howe (1937)


4. Richard von Sturmer (1957- )

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Susan Howe: Pierce-Arrow (1999)

The Art of Abjection

Anthology Readings [pp.63-88]:

• ‘“The Captivity and Restoration of Mrs. Mary Rowlandson.” In The Birth-Mark: Unsettling the Wilderness in American Literary History. Hanover, CT: Wesleyan University Press, 1993.
• Roland Barthes "The Pleasure of the Text" (1973).

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[Michele Leggott: "Micromelismata," from DIA (1994)]

Where Now?

Anthology Readings [pp.89-106]:

• Anne Carson: "The Fall of Rome" (1992)
• Richard von Sturmer: from We Xerox Your Zebras (1988)

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