Provides a new perspective on contemporary accounts of the lyric poem Analyzes the often controversial points of view surrounding uncreative writing Explores Neo-Conceptualist writings relationship with aesthetics and affect

Provides a new perspective on contemporary accounts of the lyric poem Analyzes the often controversial points of view surrounding uncreative writing Explores Neo-Conceptualist writings relationship with aesthetics and affect Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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David Kaufmann teaches literature at George Mason University. He is the author of The Business of Common Life (1995) and Telling Stories: Philip Guston's Later Works (2010), as well as a number of articles on poetry and theory.

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Provides a new perspective on contemporary accounts of the lyric poem Analyzes the often controversial points of view surrounding uncreative writing Explores Neo-Conceptualist writings relationship with aesthetics and affect

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1 Introduction.- 2 The Author as Collector: Kenneth Goldsmith's **** Aestheticism.- 3 Isn't It All Just Bullshit?: From Uncreative Writing to Warhol and Back.- 4 Writing While White: Uncreative Writing, Racism and Disavowal.- 5 For Expression: Uncreative Writing, Affect and Critique.- 6 Approaching The Transsubjective: How To Do Things With the MMPI.- 7 Conclusion.