Modern Poetry and the Idea of Language

By Gerald L. Bruns and Professor Gerald L Bruns

Book Overview

-- 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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1564782697
• ISBN13: 9781564782694
• Release Date: April 2001
• Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press
• Length: 300 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher