abstract:

The poems of Objectivist Charles Reznikoff and the New York School's Frank O'Hara insist that marginalized experiences—both their own and others'—belong in America's public spaces and discourse. Reznikoff records New York's streets as the Jewish child of immigrants in collections including Going To and Fro and Walking Up and Down (1941), while O'Hara records these streets from a queer experience in his famous "I do this, I do that" poems. There is limited scholarship connecting these poets, however, because the categorization of Objectivists as second-wave Imagists—and the resulting erasure of their Jewish heritage—has inhibited their inclusion in postmodern discourse. Repositioning Objectivists as postmodern forerunners reveals what's concealed when poets are separated too insistently into different avant-garde "schools." This article argues that the Judaism of Objectivist writers is a liminal lens through which to explore the New York School's queerness and vice versa. This comparative examination of the walking poems of Reznikoff and O'Hara constructs new avenues for exploring the urban poetics of outsiders in experimental poetry by reading across and not just through minority experiences.

摘要：

客观主义者查尔斯·雷兹尼科夫 (Charles Reznikoff) 和纽约学派的弗兰克·奥哈拉 (Frank O'Hara) 的诗歌坚持认为，边缘化的经历——包括他们自己的和他人的——属于美国的公共空间和话语。Reznikoff 将纽约的街道记录为移民的犹太孩子，这些收藏包括Going To and Fro 和 Walking Up and Down(1941)，而奥哈拉在他著名的“我做这个，我做那个”的诗歌中记录了这些街道的奇异经历。然而，将这些诗人联系起来的学术研究有限，因为将客观主义者归类为第二波意象主义者——以及由此导致的对他们犹太传统的抹杀——阻碍了他们被纳入后现代话语。将客观主义者重新定位为后现代先驱揭示了当诗人过于执着地分成不同的前卫“流派”时所隐藏的东西。本文认为，客观主义作家的犹太教是一个阈限镜头，通过它可以探索纽约学派的酷儿，反之亦然。对 Reznikoff 和 O' 行走诗的比较考察