{"product_id":"the-public-worldsyntactically-impermanence-9780819563798","title":"The Public World\/Syntactically Impermanence","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA new collection of essays and poetry from the poet Library Journal called \"one of the most unique and powerful writers at the forefront of American literature.\"\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Public World \/ Syntactically Impermanence is a brilliant consideration of the strategies of poetry, and the similarities between early Zen thought and some American avant-garde writings that counter the \"language of determinateness,\" or conventions of perception. The theme of the essays is poetic language which critiques itself, recognizing its own conceptual formations of private and social, the form or syntax of the language being \"syntactically impermanence.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhether writing reflexively on her own poetry or looking closely at the writing of her peers, Leslie Scalapino makes us aware of the split between commentary (discourse and interpretation) and interior experience. The \"poetry\" in the collection is both commentary and interior experience at once. She argues that poetry is perhaps most deeply political when it is an expression that is not recognized or readily comprehensible as discourse.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Leslie Scalapino\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Wesleyan University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/27\/1999\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 158\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.06h x 6.20w x 0.73d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780819563798","brand":"Wesleyan University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42713284018313,"sku":"9780819563798","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0636\/9240\/6921\/files\/img_81b9c3ba-576e-477b-b090-8c97ddb7b74e.jpg?v=1719608017","url":"https:\/\/sonsanddaughtersbooks.com\/products\/the-public-worldsyntactically-impermanence-9780819563798","provider":"Sons and Daughters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}