Modern Poetry and the Idea of Language

Modern Poetry and the Idea of Language A Critical and Historical Study - American Literature

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Publisher's Synopsis

-- Gerald Bruns's ground-breaking analysis compares two contrasting functions of language: the hermetic, where language is self-contained and self-referencing, and the Orphic, which originates from a belief in the mythical unity of word and being. Bruns lucidly depicts the distinctions and convergences between these two lines of thought by examining the works of Mallarme, Flaubert, Joyce, Beckett, and others.

Book information

ISBN: 9781564782694
Publisher: Deep Vellum Publishing
Imprint: Dalkey Archive Press
Pub date:
Edition: 1st pbk Edition
DEWEY: 401
DEWEY edition: 21
Language: English
Number of pages: 300
Weight: 367g
Height: 216mm
Width: 140mm
Spine width: 17mm