Heidegger and Poetry in the Digital Age: New Aesthetics and Technologies

In this original study, Rachel Coventry expands Heidegger's philosophy of art to include his ontological account of poetry and technology. Following Heidegger's definition of technology as preventing authentic poetic language, alongside his argument that poetry can successfully confront technology, Coventry considers the possibility of great poetry in the digital age.

This approach takes us beyond conventional literary criticism, using different case studies from contemporary poetry includ...