Academic and Critical Contributions
Adelaide Morris is an American critic specializing in modern poetry. Her scholarly work encompasses a diverse range of subjects, including information art, counter mapping, documentary, electronic literature, and digital works. She has focused her critical attention on the digital aspects of poetry, examining the connections between digital art, literature, and games through the lens of networked programs and code.
Throughout her career, Morris has been deeply involved in academic leadership and publication. She served as the English Department Chair at the University of Iowa and held an advisory board chair position for The Iowa Review and the GRE Literature in English committee. Her published works include several significant collections and studies, such as New Media Poetics: Contexts, Technotexts, and Theories, which she coedited, and Sound States: Innovative Poetics and Acoustical Technologies, which explores the interplay between radio, tape, and loudspeaker technologies and modern and postmodern poetry and fiction.
Scholarly Focus and Recognition
Morris's research has extensively explored various poetic forms and figures. Her publications include studies on the poetics of H.D., such as How to Live / What to Do: H.D.’s Cultural Poetics, and examinations of Wallace Stevens in Wallace Stevens: Imagination and Faith. Her critical essays have also addressed the work of Nathaniel Mackey and the concept of "thinkertoys" in relation to electronic literature.
Her contributions to the field have been recognized through several honors at the University of Iowa, including:
