Insisting on the vital need for radical innovation, Bernstein traces the traditions of modern poetry back to Stein and Wilde, taking issue with those critics who see in the "postmodern" a loss of political and aesthetic relevance. Sometimes playful, often hortatory, always intense, he joins in the debate on cultural diversity and the definition of modernism. We encounter Swinburne and Morris as surprising precursors, along with considerations of Wittgenstein, Khlebnikov, Adorno, Jameson, and Pac-Man. "A Poetics" is both criticism and poetry, both tract and song, with no dull moments.
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Insisting on the vital need for radical innovation, Bernstein traces the traditions of modern poetry back to Stein and Wilde, taking issue with those critics who see in the "postmodern" a loss of political and aesthetic relevance. Sometimes playful, often hortatory, always intense, he joins in the debate on cultural diversity and the definition of modernism. We encounter Swinburne and Morris as surprising precursors, along with considerations of Wittgenstein, Khlebnikov, Adorno, Jameson, and Pac-Man. "A Poetics" is both criticism and poetry, both tract and song, with no dull moments.
Imprint | Harvard University Press |
Country of origin | United States |
Release date | February 1992 |
Availability | Expected to ship within 10 - 15 working days |
First published | February 1992 |
Authors | Charles Bernstein |
Dimensions | 235 x 152 x 13mm (L x W x T) |
Format | Paperback |
Pages | 240 |
Edition | New |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-674-67857-6 |
Barcode | 9780674678576 |
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LSN | 0-674-67857-5 |