It has been variously labelled ‘Language Poetry’, ‘Language Writing’, ‘L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E writing’ (after the magazine that ran from 1978 to 1981), and ‘language-centred writing’.
An important study with an original thesis that is tightly argued…it has much to offer the study of contemporary American poetry. Robert Sheppard
David Arnold is Senior Lecturer in English Literature at the University of Worcester.