The Dance of the Intellect: Studies in Poetry of the Pound
ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Perloff, Marjorie / Gelpi, Albert / Posnock, Ross, PUBLISHER: ong>Cambridgeong> University Press, Ezra Pound termed a new strain in Post-Modernist poetry 'Logopoeia - ong>theong> dance of ong>theong> intellect among words', ong>andong> in this collection of ong>essaysong>, Marjorie Perloff examines this new strain in poetics. ong>Theong>se ong>essaysong> focus on ong>theong> poetry of Swinburne, Yeats, Stevens, Joyce, Williams, Cage, ong>andong> Pound, among oong>theong>rs. Through her analyses, ong>theong> author traces a new direction in Post-Modernist poetry to Pound, whose legacy is present throughout this volume, even in ong>essaysong> not specifically devoted to him. Professor Perloff finds that ong>theong> Symbolist elements that Yeats rejected - fragments, purely metrical or visual impressions, ong>andong> ong>theong>oretical concepts - became increasingly important to later poets. She also argues that ong>theong> Romantic ong>andong> Modernist cult of ong>theong> personality has given way to a denial of ong>theong> authoritative ego. ong>Theong>se developments, combined with oong>theong>r cultural influences which Perloff identifies, such as ong>theong> art of ong>theong> Italian Futurists, lead to a new strain in poetry.