The Poetics of Indeterminacy: Rimbaud to Cage

Marjorie Perloff

ISBN 10: 0810117649 / ISBN 13: 9780810117648

Published by Northwestern University Press, 1983

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First printing, 1983. Bright, clean & tight copy, unread, in AS NEW condition. "Ms. Perloff's case is seductively and persuasively argued; her writing is by turns luminous, impassioned, and instructive. The essays on Rimbaud and John Ashbery are among my favorites in this highly intriguing book."--The Antioch Review. "Her approach pays especially handsome dividends when it comes to such frequently misunderstood writers as Gertrude Stein and John Ashbery."--The American Book Review. "THE POETICS OF INDETERMINACY will help academics revise the canon of modernism. Not only does Perloff rescue important writers from the fringe, but she also reevaluates the work of celebrated writers."--Contemporary Literature. Pristine paperback's cover features the Paul Klee drawing 'Phantom's Oath,' brilliant corners & crisp edges, a square & tight binding w/no creases in spine.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Poetics of Indeterminacy: Rimbaud to Cage
• Publisher: Northwestern University Press
• Publication Date: 1983
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0810117649
• ISBN 13: 9780810117648
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition.
• Condition: As New

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Synopsis

In her seminal study, first published in 1981, Marjorie Perloff argues that the map of Modernist poetry needs to be redrawn to include a central tradition which cannot properly be situated within the Romantic-Symbolist tradition dominating the early twentieth century.

About the Author

MARJORIE PERLOFF is the Sadie Dernham Patek professor of Humanities at Stanford University. She is the author of many books of literary criticism, including Poetic License: Essays on Modernist and Postmodernist Lyric and The Dance of the Intellect, both published by Northwestern University Press.