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Record Nr.

UNINA9910450797803321

Autore

Morrison Paul (Paul A.)

Titolo

The poetics of fascism [[electronic resource] ] : Ezra Pound, T.S. Eliot, Paul de Man / / Paul Morrison

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, 1996

ISBN

1-280-52671-8

0-19-535975-5

1-4294-1544-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (188 p.)

Disciplina

811/.5209358

Soggetti

Fascism and literature - History

Literature, Modern - 20th century - History and criticism - Theory, etc

Modernism (Literature) - United States

Poetics - History - 20th century

Political poetry, American - History and criticism

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 147-170) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; 1. Modernism (for the Other People); 2. Ezra Pound: The Poetics of Money; Translatio, Translation, Transportation; Carceral Poetics; ""Jewspapers""; 3. T. S. Eliot: The Poetics of Failure; ""The name that the family use daily""; Cartesian Poetics; ""The corpse you planted""; 4. Paul de Man: The Poetics of Collaboration; Symmetrical Reversals; ""The unthinkable structure""; ""The best legacies""; Notes; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Sommario/riassunto

Examining the modernist poetics of Ezra Pound and T.S. Eliot, this study traces their influence on the current crisis in post-structuralist literary theory. The author reveals a continuity between that theory and high modernism's tendency towards fascism.