A Hauntological Investigation of the Works of Thomas Meyer

Sun Nailed to Water

von Andy Martrich

186 Seiten, Hardcover

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

A Hauntological Investigation of the Works of Thomas Meyer: Sun Nailed to Water  is a bibliographical study that draws critical and literary-historical attention to the works of the poet Thomas Meyer, situating his writing within postwar ("New American") queer and avant-garde contexts. The book investigates various personal and poetic communities, including Meyer's connections to first- and second-generation "New American" poets; the intertwining of his literary, publishing, and personal relationship with Jonathan Williams; his literary apprenticeships and occasional breaks with senior postwar poets; and Meyer's engagements with and idiosyncratic development of poetic techniques, such as channelling/mediumship, translation, and the use of personae. 

Martrich's investigation unfolds through a theoretical engagement with hauntology, addressing and redressing gaps, absences, and "specters" (including those of Jack Spicer, Sappho, and Strato) in both Meyer's work and its literary-critical reception. The study concludes with an annotated bibliographical checklist of Meyer's books from 1971 to 2025, and includes a preface by Peter O'Leary and a coda by Erica Van Horn.

• Reihe: Modern and Contemporary Poetry and Poetics
• Themen: Biographie, Literatur und Literaturwissenschaft Geschichte und Kritik Lyrik und Dichter
• ISBN: 9783032115041
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 06.02.2026
• Größe: 21 x 14.8 cm
• Verlag: Springer International Publishing