num_pages: 300
description: -- Gerald Bruns's ground-breaking analysis compares two contrasting functions of language: the hermetic, where language is self-contained and self-referencing, and the Orphic, which originates from a belief in the mythical unity of word and being. Bruns lucidly depicts the distinctions and convergences between these two lines of thought by examining the works of Mallarme, Flaubert, Joyce, Beckett, and others.
language: English
title: Modern Poetry and the Idea of Language
titlecomplete: Modern Poetry and the Idea of Language (American Literature)
genres: Poetry
ratings_count: 12
publisher: Dalkey Archive Press