{"product_id":"the-matter-of-language-abstraction-and-poetry-9781803090740","title":"The Matter of Language: Abstraction and Poetry","description":"\u003cb\u003eA critical intervention on the relationship between language and matter.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e If the twentieth century was the century in which language was at the center of thought, the twenty-first century has, so far, been the century of matter. \u003ci\u003eThe Matter of Language\u003c\/i\u003e is a critical intervention that aims to return to the relationship between language and matter to think of our present moment as one dominated by abstractions that rule our lives. In a series of dated chapters, that form punctual moments of intervention, this book both rehabilitates key thinkers, like Marx, Freud, and Saussure, and engages with poetic thinking on matter in David Jones, Diane di Prima, William Blake, Leslie Kaplan, and others. It is a matter of understanding language as a site of struggle, which is intimately bound to the material but also crucial in formulating and expressing the material and the abstractions that shape language and matter. Working between theory and poetry, \u003ci\u003eThe Matter of Language\u003c\/i\u003e reconceives notions of alienation and class struggle as essential modes of reading and analysis for our fractured present.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Benjamin Noys\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Seagull Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/03\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSeries:\u003c\/b\u003e Seagull Essays\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.79lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781803090740","brand":"Seagull Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42440774942857,"sku":"9781803090740","price":27.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_80cd9d20-a959-4d3b-a4a0-9bfd5cf6bb30.jpg?v=1716239813","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/the-matter-of-language-abstraction-and-poetry-9781803090740","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}