{"product_id":"dictionary-poetics-toward-a-radical-lexicography-paperback","title":"Dictionary Poetics: Toward a Radical Lexicography - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCraig Dworkin\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe new ways of writing pioneered by the literary avant-garde invite new ways of reading commensurate with their modes of composition. \u003ci\u003eDictionary Poetics\u003c\/i\u003e examines one of those modes: book-length poems, from Louis Zukofsky to Harryette Mullen, all structured by particular editions of specific dictionaries. By reading these poems in tandem with their source texts, Dworkin puts paid to the notion that even the most abstract and fragmentary avant-garde literature is nonsensical, meaningless, or impenetrable. When read from the right perspective, passages that at first appear to be discontinuous, irrational, or hopelessly cryptic suddenly appear logically consistent, rationally structured, and thematically coherent. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFollowing a methodology of \"critical description,\" \u003ci\u003eDictionary Poetics \u003c\/i\u003emaps the material surfaces of poems, tracing the networks of signifiers that undergird the more familiar representational schemes with which conventional readings have been traditionally concerned. In the process, this book demonstrates that new ways of reading can yield significant interpretive payoffs, open otherwise unavailable critical insights into the formal and semantic structures of a composition, and transform our understanding of literary texts at their most fundamental levels.\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A captivating study: Dworkin's readings are not only immensely learned; they are, from chapter to chapter, revelatory. \u003ci\u003eRadical Lexicography\u003c\/i\u003e offers a remarkable set of keys for reading--and unlocking--recondite modern and contemporary poetry, and this knowledge is conveyed with a deep comprehension of the material and historical contexts of their production.\"--Josephine Park, University of Pennsylvania \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eRadical Lexicography\u003c\/i\u003e presents startlingly new ways of reading relatively well-known modernist texts. Dworkin's scholarship is exemplary: rigorous, enviably insightful, and frequently brilliant. Radical Lexicography is the book of a brilliant scholar working at the height of his powers. Dworkin's already legendary blend of scholarly thoroughness and poetic inventiveness reaches a new level in this study.\"--Jacob Edmond, author of \u003ci\u003eMake It the Same: Poetry in the Age of Global Media\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe new ways of writing pioneered by the literary avant-garde invite new ways of reading commensurate with their modes of composition. \u003ci\u003eDictionary Poetics\u003c\/i\u003e examines one of those modes: book-length poems, from Louis Zukofsky to Harryette Mullen, all structured by particular editions of specific dictionaries. By reading these poems in tandem with their source texts, Dworkin puts paid to the notion that even the most abstract and fragmentary avant-garde literature is nonsensical, meaningless, or impenetrable. When read from the right perspective, passages that at first appear to be discontinuous, irrational, or hopelessly cryptic suddenly appear logically consistent, rationally structured, and thematically coherent. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFollowing a methodology of \"critical description,\" \u003ci\u003eDictionary Poetics \u003c\/i\u003emaps the material surfaces of poems, tracing the networks of signifiers that undergird the more familiar representational schemes with which conventional readings have been traditionally concerned. In the process, this book demonstrates that new ways of reading can yield significant interpretive payoffs, open otherwise unavailable critical insights into the formal and semantic structures of a composition, and transform our understanding of literary texts at their most fundamental levels. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCraig Dworkin is Professor of English at the University of Utah. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eReading the Illegible\u003c\/i\u003e (Northwestern, 2003) and \u003ci\u003eNo Medium\u003c\/i\u003e (MIT, 2013) and Founding Editor of the Eclipse Archive.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eCraig Dworkin is Professor of English at the University of Utah. He is the author of Reading the Illegible (2003) and No Medium (2013) and is the editor or co-editor of six volumes of literary criticism and avant-garde poetry.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.58 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 05, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45585114497126,"sku":"9780823287963","price":83.47,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/iecx_9DPuD9780823287963.webp?v=1777881031","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/dictionary-poetics-toward-a-radical-lexicography-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}