{"product_id":"the-sound-of-poetry-the-poetry-of-sound-paperback","title":"The Sound of Poetry\/The Poetry of Sound - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMarjorie Perloff\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSound--one of the central elements of poetry--finds itself all but ignored in the current discourse on lyric forms. The essays collected here by Marjorie Perloff and Craig Dworkin\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003ebreak that critical silence to readdress some of the\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003efundamental connections between poetry and sound--connections that go far beyond traditional metrical studies. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRanging from medieval Latin lyrics to a cyborg opera, sixteenth-century France to twentieth-century Brazil, romantic ballads to the contemporary \u003ci\u003eavant-garde\u003c\/i\u003e, the contributors to \u003ci\u003eThe Sound of Poetry\/The Poetry of Sound\u003c\/i\u003e explore such subjects as the translatability of lyric sound, the historical and cultural roles of rhyme, \u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003ethe role of sound repetition in novelistic prose, the\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003econnections between \"sound poetry\" and music, between the visual and the auditory, the role of the body in performance, and the impact of recording technologies on the lyric voice. Along the way, the essays\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003etake on the \"ensemble discords\" of Maurice Scève's \u003ci\u003eDélie, \u003c\/i\u003e Ezra Pound's use of \"Chinese whispers,\" the alchemical theology of Hugo Ball's Dada performances, Jean Cocteau's modernist radiophonics, and an intercultural account of the poetry reading as a kind of dubbing. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA genuinely comparatist study, \u003ci\u003eThe Sound of Poetry\/The Poetry of Sound \u003c\/i\u003eis designed to challenge current preconceptions about what Susan Howe has called \"articulations of sound forms in time\" as they have transformed the expanded poetic field of the twenty-first century.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMarjorie Perloff \u003c\/b\u003eis professor of English emerita at Stanford University and author of many books, including \u003ci\u003eWittgenstein's Ladder\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Futurist Moment\u003c\/i\u003e, both also from the University of Chicago Press. \u003cb\u003eCraig Dworkin\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eis associate professor of English at the University of Utah and the author of, most recently, \u003ci\u003eLanguage to Cover a Page: The Early Writings of Vito Acconci.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 352\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.8 x 8.9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 01, 2009\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42736730112063,"sku":"9780226657431","price":58.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/11b02d54b65a41a635aaa82402bcc528_e1551320-9078-4f07-8a36-94e44956255d.webp?v=1765147668","url":"https:\/\/dhl-adrianne.myshopify.com\/products\/the-sound-of-poetry-the-poetry-of-sound-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}