Modern Poetry and the Idea of Language (American Literature (Dalkey Archive)) - Softcover

Bruns, Professor Gerald L

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1564782697 ISBN 13: 9781564782694

Verlag: Dalkey Archive Press, 2001

Über diesen Titel

Reseña del editor

Here Gerald L. Bruns does something remarkable: he makes accessible the theoretical issues involved in the discussion of language as discourse versus that used in art. On one side, we have the language of Orpheus that seeks to unite poetry and man's experience in the world; and on the other--what Bruns calls the "hermetic tradition"--we have language used purely for literary and artistic ends, as exemplified in the works of Rabelais, Flaubert (his grand ambition was to write a novel about nothing), Joyce, and Beckett. In the process of examining these two contrasting traditions, Bruns manages to provide an illuminating exposition of Russian Formalist theory. In its clarity and scope,Modern Poetry and the Idea of Language is one of the major works of twentieth-century critical thought.

Críticas

"A knowledgeable and provocative analysis of the relationship between language and art." -- Choice "The readings of Mallarme, Flaubert, Joyce, and Beckett, are incisive... At all points demonstrating the appropriateness of Bruns's critical approach." -- Quarterly Journal of Speech "A well-written and properly critical introduction to a fascinating topic." -- Modern Language Review

Über diese Auflage

• Verlag: Dalkey Archive Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2001
• ISBN 10: 1564782697
• ISBN 13: 9781564782694
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 300