Poetic Gesture - Myth, Wallace Stevens, and the Desirous Motions of Poetic Language (Hardcover)

This study addresses the problem of meaning as it is conveyed by poetic language, attempting to move beyond some of the obstacles and boundaries of contemporary critical approaches. By providing a phenomenological context, and through a theoretical contemplation of certain myths as embodiments of the tacit 'logic' of poetry, the book argues that poems convey meaning much the way that spontaneous unreadable gestures do. Moving between theory and practice, and drawing upon the poetry of Wallace Stevens whose work is embedded with a richness and complexity of gesture, the author shows how the poetic text sustains and embodies an inconvertible, ancient and innately human form of linguistic knowledge.

General

Imprint:	Routledge
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Literary Criticism and Cultural Theory
Release date:	September 2002
First published:	2002
Authors:	Kristine S. Santilli
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	180
ISBN-13:	978-0-415-93868-6
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > From 1900 Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Poetry & poets > General
LSN:	0-415-93868-6
Barcode:	9780415938686

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