In Modernist Poetry and the Limitations of Materialist Theory,
Charles Altieri skillfully dissects the benefits and limitations of
Materialist theory for works of art. He argues that while
Materialist theory can intensify our awareness of how art can
foreground sensual dimensions of experience, it does not yet serve
as an adequate description of much of what we experience as mental
activity--especially in the domain of art, which depends on active
imaginations and constructive energies for which no Materialist
theory is yet adequate. He carefully shows how constructive
imaginations operate in a range of modernist poetry that is
especially attentive to the mind's powers because it provides
alternatives to Impressionist sensibilities, which thrive on
Materialist modes of attention. These modernists turned to versions
of Hegel's idea of the ""inner sensuousness,"" stressing how a
work's very construction can provide different levels of
sensuousness inseparable from the work of self-consciousness.
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