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Book Synopsis
The ideogram changed the course of modern American poetry, and Ideogram is the first history of this important poetic tradition.

Table of Contents
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • Part One. Toward a New Logic of Depiction
    • 1. From Metaphor to Vortex
    • 2. The Impact of Fenollosa
    • 3. The Poundian Ideogram
  • Part Two. The Poem as Object
    • 4. Sincerity and Objectification
    • 5. Dr. Williams: Ideas in Things
  • Part Three. The Open Field
    • 6. Projective Verse I:The Hieroglyphs of Olson
    • 7. Projective Verse II:Duncan’s Collages, Creeley’s Pieces
    • 8. Ellipsis and Riprap:The Ideograms of Ginsberg and Snyder
  • Concluding Note
  • Notes
  • Select Bibliography
  • Index

Ideogram

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      Publisher University of Texas Press
      Published 1 October 1982
      ISBN-13 9780292740976
      978-0292740976
      ISBN-10 0292740972

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      The ideogram changed the course of modern American poetry, and Ideogram is the first history of this important poetic tradition.

      Table of Contents
      • Preface
      • Introduction
      • Part One. Toward a New Logic of Depiction
        • 1. From Metaphor to Vortex
        • 2. The Impact of Fenollosa
        • 3. The Poundian Ideogram
      • Part Two. The Poem as Object
        • 4. Sincerity and Objectification
        • 5. Dr. Williams: Ideas in Things
      • Part Three. The Open Field
        • 6. Projective Verse I:The Hieroglyphs of Olson
        • 7. Projective Verse II:Duncan’s Collages, Creeley’s Pieces
        • 8. Ellipsis and Riprap:The Ideograms of Ginsberg and Snyder
      • Concluding Note
      • Notes
      • Select Bibliography
      • Index

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