Will Montgomery is Reader in Contemporary Poetry and Poetics at Royal Holloway, University of London.

• Acknowledgements Introduction1. Ezra Pound, H.D. and Imagism2. William Carlos Williams3. George Oppen4. Lorine Niedecker5. Robert Creeley6. Larry Eigner7. Robert Grenier8. Rae Armantrout9. CodaIndex

Montgomery explores short-form American poetry that falls outside the usual categories of lyric on the one hand and of distinctive movements such as imagism and objectivism on the other hand. [...] Standout chapters include a superb reconsideration of H. D. that argues she far exceeds Ezra Pound in the art of the small. [...] The concluding chapter on Rae Armantrout offers one of the best contextualized readings of this poet’s “always contingent” craft this reviewer has encountered. Summing Up: Recommended

Will Montgomery is Reader in Contemporary Poetry and Poetics at Royal Holloway, University of London.

• Acknowledgements Introduction1. Ezra Pound, H.D. and Imagism2. William Carlos Williams3. George Oppen4. Lorine Niedecker5. Robert Creeley6. Larry Eigner7. Robert Grenier8. Rae Armantrout9. CodaIndex

Montgomery explores short-form American poetry that falls outside the usual categories of lyric on the one hand and of distinctive movements such as imagism and objectivism on the other hand. [...] Standout chapters include a superb reconsideration of H. D. that argues she far exceeds Ezra Pound in the art of the small. [...] The concluding chapter on Rae Armantrout offers one of the best contextualized readings of this poet’s “always contingent” craft this reviewer has encountered. Summing Up: Recommended

Will Montgomery is Reader in Contemporary Poetry and Poetics at Royal Holloway, University of London.

• Acknowledgements Introduction1. Ezra Pound, H.D. and Imagism2. William Carlos Williams3. George Oppen4. Lorine Niedecker5. Robert Creeley6. Larry Eigner7. Robert Grenier8. Rae Armantrout9. CodaIndex

Montgomery explores short-form American poetry that falls outside the usual categories of lyric on the one hand and of distinctive movements such as imagism and objectivism on the other hand. [...] Standout chapters include a superb reconsideration of H. D. that argues she far exceeds Ezra Pound in the art of the small. [...] The concluding chapter on Rae Armantrout offers one of the best contextualized readings of this poet’s “always contingent” craft this reviewer has encountered. Summing Up: Recommended