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Peter Seaton (December 16, 1942 – May 18, 2010) was an American poet associated with the first wave of Language poetry in the 1970s. During the opening and middle years of Language poetry many of his long prose poems were published, widely read and influential.〔(Fait Accompli: Wednesday June 23, 2010 )〕 Seaton was also a frequent contributor to L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E, one of the influential magazines and theoretical venues for Language poetry, co-edited by Charles Bernstein.〔(In Memoriam: Peter Seaton (1942-2010 ) this was posted on the "PennSound Daily" site June 24, 2010〕 In 1978, Bernstein published Seaton's first book of poetry, ''Agreement'', the same year that L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E magazine made its first appearance. Some of Seaton's work from this time has been reprinted in ''The L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E Book'' (1984). Seaton became an active participant in the thriving poetry scene in New York City during the 1960s. He shared this keen interest with Nick Piombino while both were attending City College of New York in the early 60s, and they were to form a close friendship in the 60's and 70's.〔 After graduation in 1964 both he and Piombino, who would himself become an important member of the Language poets, often attended "readings together at St. Mark's Poetry Project, reading ''The World'' magazine and other poetry magazines and discussing them avidly".〔 They also did some writing collaborations and film experiments together in the late 60’s and early 70’s, heavily influenced by Stan Brakhage who would deeply influence the work of many of the poets involved in the ''Language'' movement.〔 Piombino and Seaton's friendship continued up through to the establishment of This magazine in the early 70's, and ''L=A-N=G=U=A=G=E'' magazine up to the early 80’s. Peter Seaton died in New York City on May 18, 2010 of an apparent heart attack.〔(Charles Bernstein Weblog: June 25, 2010 )〕 ==Selected bibliography== *The following three books of poetry are available complete and online:〔courtesy of (Eclipse ) this takes you to a list of authors published at the Eclipse site, scroll down for the Seaton publications〕 * *''Agreement'' (New York: Asylum's Press, 1978)〔Seaton's first book ''Agreement'' was one of five books published by Asylum's Press, under the editorial direction of Charles Bernstein and Susan Bee ()〕 * *''The Son Master'' (New York: Roof Books, The Segue Foundation, 1982)〔Seaton's second book was published by James Sherry's Roof Books, an important venue and publisher of Language poetry, still actively publishing as of 2010〕 * *''Crisis Intervention'' (Berkeley, CA: Tuumba Press, 1983)〔Seaton's third book was published in an edition of 475 copies by Lyn Hejinian's Tuumba Press in June 1983 as Tuumba 45 (Letterpress with title page device and second title in blue ink. Saddle stapled. 30pp.) Hejinian is one of the original poets associated with the Language Writing movement〕 *Appearances in L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E magazine〔Access the hyperlinked index (here ) to find specific works〕: * *"Signification", Volume 1, Number 3 (1978 ); (prose poetry) * *"Whole Halves", Volume 1, Number 6 (1978 ); (prose poem/poetics essay: Seaton's contribution to a feature on Gertrude Stein's Tender Buttons) * *"An American Primer", Volume 2, Numbers 9-10 (1979 ); (prose poem/poetics essay) * *"Texte", Volume 3, Number 11 (1980 ); (prose poetry) 〔This prose poem appeared in the "Peter Seaton Feature" of this issue which includes a "Seaton Bibliography"〕 * *"How To Read IV", "Special L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E issue of ''Open Letter''" () *Appearances in "This" magazine 〔(This index ) at the "Eclipse" website〕: * *"Men on the Roof", ''"This": no. 8'', San Francisco, CA (1977 ), edited by Barrett Watten * *"Side Tone", ''"This": no. 9'', San Francisco, CA (1978 ), ed. Barrett Watten * *"Apprehension", ''"This": no. 10'', San Francisco, CA (1979 ) ed. Barrett Watten ;Other publications: *"The Correspondence Principle" (Brooklyn, NY: A Hundred Posters, Other Publications, 1978) *''Piranesi Pointed Up'' in "Roof VIII"; Roof: Volume 2, Number 4: Winter 1978. James Sherry, editor. (New York: Roof Books, 1978) *"How To Read II", (''Canyon Cinemanews'': 79.5/6, 1980)〔a facsimile of "How To Read II" as it appeared in "Canyon Cinemanews" was reprinted in ''Canyon Cinema: The Life and Times of an Independent Film Distributor'' by Scott MacDonald. (Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 2008)〕 *"Need from a Wound Would Do It", Paris Review No. 86 (New York: Winter, 1982) *"Frey's Landing", in "Charles Bernstein Issue", ''The Difficulties'', Vol. 2, No. 1. Tom Beckett, ed., (Kent, Ohio: Viscerally Press; Skelly's Press, 1982)〔(Charles Bernstein-- CV )〕 *"The Pyramids of Elysium", in ''Temblor: Contemporary Poets'', Issue Number 3; edited by Leland Hickman. North Hollywood, CA, 1986 *"Antonville", in ''"Language" Poetries''. Edited by Douglas Messerli. (New York: New Directions, 1987) * *"Two Words" (Ibid.) *"Who Writes?", in ''Aerial 9: Bruce Andrews, Contemporary Poetics as Critical Theory'', Volume 2. Edited by Rod Smith. (Washington, DC: Edge Books, 1999). ;Further reading *Bernstein, Charles and Bruce Andrews, ed. ''The L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E Book.'' Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinois University Press, 1984. *"Peter Seaton Feature", L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E, Volume 3, Number 11 (1980 ) *Price, Larry. "Aggressively Private: Contingency as Explanation", Poetics Journal 6 (1986), edited by Barrett Watten and Lyn Hejinian *Silliman, Ron (editor). ''In the American Tree.'' Orono, Maine: National Poetry Foundation, 1986; reprint ed. with a new afterword, 2002. This groundbreaking anthology of language poetry serves as a very useful primer, and includes an extract from Seaton's ''The Son Master'' and a "Contributor's Note" penned by Seaton himself. *"Ward on Seaton", L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E, Volume 3, Number 13 (1980 ) 〔This is a review by Diane Ward of Seaton's "Piranesi Pointed Up". The review can be accessed online (here )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Peter Seaton」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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