The Trouble with Genius: Reading Pound, Joyce, Stein, and Zukofsky

by Bob Perelman and Bob Perleman

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A paradox: Ezra Pound, James Joyce, Gertrude Stein, and Louis Zukofsky all wrote their central works to be "masterpieces," synoptic views of the world that would change the very consciousness of the public. And yet these writings are so hard to read that instead of producing social change, they have produced critical industries dedicated to decoding them.

In new, provocative readings of these demanding authors, Bob Perelman shows how the inaccessibility...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0520087550

ISBN13:9780520087552

Release Date:November 1994

Publisher:University of California Press

Length:280 Pages

Weight:1.00 lbs.

Dimensions:0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Related Subjects

Classics Criticism & Theory History & Criticism Literary Criticism Literary Criticism & Collections Literature & Fiction Modern (16th-21st Centuries) World Literature

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