Language and the Renewal of Society in Walt Whitman, Laura (Riding) Jackson, and Charles Olson : The American Cratylus /

This book takes up the utopian desire for a perfect language of words that give direct expression to the real, known in Western thought as Cratylism, and its impact on the social visions and poetic projects of three of the most intellectually ambitious of American writers: Walt Whitman, Laura (Ridin...

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Main Author: Billitteri, Carla (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.
Series:Modern and contemporary poetry and poetics.
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Summary:This book takes up the utopian desire for a perfect language of words that give direct expression to the real, known in Western thought as Cratylism, and its impact on the social visions and poetic projects of three of the most intellectually ambitious of American writers: Walt Whitman, Laura (Riding) Jackson, and Charles Olson.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (240 pages)
ISBN:9780230620407
DOI:10.1057/9780230620407