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New Formalist Canon

The 2004 West Chester Conference had a by-invitation-only critical seminar on 'Defining the Canon of New Formalism', in which the following anthologies were discussed:

  • Rebel Angels: 25 Poets of the New Formalism edited by Mark Jarman and David Mason, 1996.
  • The Direction of Poetry: An Anthology of Rhymed and Metered Verse Written in the English Language since 1975, edited by Robert Richman
  • A Formal Feeling Comes: Poems in Form by Contemporary Women, edited by Annie Finch, 1993

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