The Dance of the Intellect: Studies in Poetry of the Pound Tradition

by Marjorie Perloff

Book Overview

Ezra Pound termed a fresh strain in Post-Modernist poetry 'Logopoeia - the dance of the intellect among words', and in this collection of essays, Marjorie Perloff examines this fresh strain in poetics. These essays focus on the poetry of Swinburne, Yeats, Stevens, Joyce, Williams, Cage, and Pound, among others. Through her analyses, the author traces a distinct direction in Post-Modernist poetry to Pound, whose legacy is present throughout this volume,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521304989
• ISBN13: 9780521304986
• Release Date: August 1987
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 243 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"