Focusing on the necrophilic dimension of Pound's poetry and the inflections of materiality enabled by the modernist image, Tiffany finds a continuum between Decadent practice and the avant-garde, between the image's prehistory and its political afterlife, between the "corpse language" of Victorian poetry and a conception of the "radioactive" image
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Focusing on the necrophilic dimension of Pound's poetry and the inflections of materiality enabled by the modernist image, Tiffany finds a continuum between Decadent practice and the avant-garde, between the image's prehistory and its political afterlife, between the "corpse language" of Victorian poetry and a conception of the "radioactive" image
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Fair. Books may have damage such as dents creases and folded pages. Some books may have writing or highlighting inside. Extras or accessories are not guaranteed. Digital codes and CDs are not tested and may not work.
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. Dust jacket in good condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 800grams, ISBN: 9780674746626.
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Book. Octavo, x, 302 pages. In Good condition with a Good condition dust jacket. Black and silver spine with black and silver lettering. Dust jacket has mild shelving wear, front cover has a small stain near head corner, rear cover has small dents and a library identification sticker adhesively attached, a library identification sticker adhesively attached to spine, and mild wear on spine head and tail. Boards have mild wear along edges and along spine head and tail. Textblock has splitting from page 18 to title page, pencil markings on title page, withdraw stamp on front end pages, front end-page has cutout on head edge, front pastedown has Elmhurst Library sticker, rear pastedown has inactive security tag, Elmhurst Public Library stamp on head and tail edges, and mild staining on fore edge. Ex-Library. Shelved ND-C. 1379064. FP New Rockville Stock.
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Fine in Fine jacket. 8vo-over 7¾-9¾" Tall. 1995 date at title and copyright pages. Black full-cloth boards, silver embossed spine titles, fine. Pages fine, no writing. Bind fine; hinges intact. Dj fine; protected in new clear sleeve. Cover "vortograph" of Ezra Pound from 1916. Heavy substantial book design by Gwen Frankfeldt. About the origins of Anglo-American poetic modernism, one thing is certain: it started with an image, described variously by Ezra Pound as an ideogram and a vortex. We have reason to be less confident about the relation between these puzzling conceptions of the image and the doctrine of literary positivism that is generally held to be the most important legacy of Imagism. No satisfactory account exists of what bearing these principles may have on Pound's later engagement with fascism. Nor is it clear how figures such as the vortex and the ideogram contribute to our understanding of modern visual culture and its compulsive appeal. Radio Corpse addresses these issues and offers a fundamental revision of one of the most powerful and persistent aesthetic ideologies of modernism. Focusing on the necrophilic dimension of Pound's earliest poetry and on the inflections of materiality authorized by the modernist image, Daniel Tiffany establishes a continuum between Decadent practice and the incipient avant-garde, between the prehistory of the image and its political afterlife, between what Pound calls the "corpse language" of late Victorian poetry and a conception of the image that borrows "radioactive" qualities from the historical discovery of radium and the development of radiography. Emphasizing the phantasmic effects of translation (and exchange) in Pound's poetry, Tiffany argues that the cadaverous--and radiological--properties of the image culminate, formally and ideologically, in Pound's radio broadcasts during World War II. Ultimately, the invisibility of these "radiant" images places in question basic assumptions regarding the optical character of images. Includes detailed index. 302 pages. Insured post.
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First edition. x+302 pages with index. Cloth. Fine in dustjacket. About the origins of Anglo-American poetic modernism, one thing is certain: it started with a notion of the image, described variously by Ezra Pound as an ideogram and a vortex. We have reason to be less confident, however, about the relation between these puzzling conceptions of the image and the doctrine of literary positivism that is generally held to be the most important legacy of Imagism. No satisfactory account exists, moreover, of what bearing these foundational principles may have on Pound's later engagement with fascism. Nor is it clear how figures such as the vortex and the ideogram might contribute generally to our understanding of modern visual culture and its compulsive appeal. "Radio Corpse" addresses these issues and offers a revision of one of the most powerful and persistent aesthetic ideologies of modernism. Focusing on the necrophilic dimension of Pound's earliest poetry and on the inflections of materiality authorized by the modernist image, Daniel Tiffany establishes a continuum between Decadent practice and the incipient avant-garde, between the prehistory of the image and its political afterlife, between what Pound calls the "corpse language" of late Victorian poetry and a conception of the image that borrows certain "radioactive" qualities from the historical discovery of radium and the development of radiography. Emphasizing the phantasmic effects of translation (and exchange) in Pound's poetry, Tiffany argues that the cadaverous-and radiological-properties of the image culminate, formally and ideologically, in Pound's fascist radio broadcasts during World War II. Ultimately, the invisibility of these "radiant" images places in question basic assumptions regarding the optical character of images-assumptions currently being challenged by imageric technologies such as magnetic resonance imaging and positron emission tomography.
