Conceptual Movement Analysis
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Conceptual poetry is an early twenty-first century literary movement, self-described by its poets as an act of "uncreative writing." In conceptual poetry, appropriation is often used as a means to create new work, focused more on the first concept rather than the final product of the poem.
In its extreme form, such works are process-oriented and non-expressive. Some of these works include large amounts of information and are not intended to be read in their entirety. One intense conceptual text that displays these qualities is Kenneth Goldsmith's Day, in which he reworks the issue of The New York Times, reprinting it as a 900-page book. Another way of conceptual poetry is with different forms of literary limitation. Robert Fitterman and Vanessa Place outline the movement and its goals rigorously in their Notes on Conceptualisms. One basic theory put in their essay is that "pure conceptualism negates the need for reading in the traditional textual sense—one does not need to 'read' the work as much as think about the idea of the work."
In its extreme form, such works are process-oriented and non-expressive. Some of these works include large amounts of information and are not intended to be read in their entirety. One intense conceptual text that displays these qualities is Kenneth Goldsmith's Day, in which he reworks the issue of The New York Times, reprinting it as a 900-page book. Another way of conceptual poetry is with different forms of literary limitation. Robert Fitterman and Vanessa Place outline the movement and its goals rigorously in their Notes on Conceptualisms. One basic theory put in their essay is that "pure conceptualism negates the need for reading in the traditional textual sense—one does not need to 'read' the work as much as think about the idea of the work."