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