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

Perloff, Marjorie

ISBN 10: 0521347564 / ISBN 13: 9780521347563

Published by Cambridge University Press, GB, 1987

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Dance of the Intellect : Studies in the Poetry of the Pound Tradition
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press, GB
• Publication Date: 1987
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521347564
• ISBN 13: 9780521347563
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: 1st Paperback Edition.
• Condition: VG+

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Synopsis

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, even in essays not specifically devoted to him. Professor Perloff finds that the Symbolist elements that Yeats rejected - fragments, purely metrical or visual impressions, and theoretical concepts - became increasingly important to later poets. She also argues that the Romantic and Modernist cult of the personality has given way to a denial of the authoritative ego. These developments, combined with other cultural influences which Perloff identifies, such as the art of the Italian Futurists, lead to a fresh strain in poetry.

Review

"There are few critics we are drawn to not only for insight into their particular enthusiasm of the moment but also for the sheer joy of watching their intelligence worry this text or that. . . . For our area, Marjorie Perloff is quickly joining [these] ranks. . . . "The Dance of the Intellect" continues the project begun by Perloff in "The Poetics of Indeterminacy, "examination of the 'other' (dare we yet say primary) tradition in American poetry." --Lee Bartlett, "American Literary Scholarship"