Modern Poetry and the Idea of Language Jewish Translated by Royall Tyler

Translated by Royall Tyler

quits the corporate world and returns to university to pursue her passion: literature

a zither-playing worm

He is looking for his own identity--personal

Modern Poetry and the Idea of Language Jewish Translated by Royall Tylerby Gerald L Bruns Publication Date: 04 27 2001 ISBN: 9781564782694 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,