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Donald E. Pease (editor) and
Jonathan Levin
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Duke Univ Pr
Publication date
March 1, 1999
Pages
222
Binding
Paperback
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9780822322962
ISBN-10
082232296X
Dimensions
0.75 by 6 by 9.50 in.
Weight
0.90 lbs.
Original list price
$23.95
Other format details
university press
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The Poetics of Transition examines the connection between American pragmatism and literary modernism by focusing on the concept of transition as a theme common to both movements. Jonathan Levin begins with the Emersonian notion that transitionâthe movement from one state or condition to another or, alternately, the figural enactment of that movementâis infused with power. He then offers a revisionary reading of the pragmatistsâ view of the permeability of subjective and objective realms and of how American literary modernists stage this permeability in the language and form of their writing.
Levin draws on the pragmatist and neopragmatist writings of William James, John Dewey, George Santayana, Richard Rorty, and Cornel West to illuminate the work of modernist literature. In turn, he illuminates the poetic imperatives of pragmatism by tracing the ways in which Henry James, Gertrude Stein, and Wallace Stevens capture the moment of transitionâa paradoxical moment that, once it is represented in language or art, requires its own perpetual overcoming. Throughout, he explores how modernist writers, who are masters at recording such âillegibleâ moments of transition in their poetry and prose, significantly contribute to an expanded understanding of pragmatism and its underlying aesthetics. By linking Emerson with the progressive philosophy of turn-of-the-century pragmatism and the experimentation of American literary modernism, Levin offers new insight into Emersonâs lasting influence on later American philosophers, novelists, and poets.
The Poetics of Transition will interest scholars and students in the fields of literary criticism, neopragmatism, literary modernism, and American literature.
Levin draws on the pragmatist and neopragmatist writings of William James, John Dewey, George Santayana, Richard Rorty, and Cornel West to illuminate the work of modernist literature. In turn, he illuminates the poetic imperatives of pragmatism by tracing the ways in which Henry James, Gertrude Stein, and Wallace Stevens capture the moment of transitionâa paradoxical moment that, once it is represented in language or art, requires its own perpetual overcoming. Throughout, he explores how modernist writers, who are masters at recording such âillegibleâ moments of transition in their poetry and prose, significantly contribute to an expanded understanding of pragmatism and its underlying aesthetics. By linking Emerson with the progressive philosophy of turn-of-the-century pragmatism and the experimentation of American literary modernism, Levin offers new insight into Emersonâs lasting influence on later American philosophers, novelists, and poets.
The Poetics of Transition will interest scholars and students in the fields of literary criticism, neopragmatism, literary modernism, and American literature.
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Hardcover
from Duke Univ Pr (March 1, 1999)
9780822322771 | details & prices | 222 pages | 6.50 × 9.75 × 1.00 in. | 1.30 lbs | List price $84.95
About: The Poetics of Transition examines the connection between American pragmatism and literary modernism by focusing on the concept of transition as a theme common to both movements.
About: The Poetics of Transition examines the connection between American pragmatism and literary modernism by focusing on the concept of transition as a theme common to both movements.
Paperback
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With Donald E. Pease (other contributor) |
from Duke Univ Pr (March 1, 1999); titled "The Poetics of Transition: Emerson, Pragmatism, & American Literary Modernism"
9780822322962 | details & prices | 222 pages | 6.00 × 9.50 × 0.75 in. | 0.90 lbs | List price $23.95
About: The Poetics of Transition examines the connection between American pragmatism and literary modernism by focusing on the concept of transition as a theme common to both movements.
About: The Poetics of Transition examines the connection between American pragmatism and literary modernism by focusing on the concept of transition as a theme common to both movements.
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