Daniel Tiffany

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Infidel Poetics: Riddles, Nightlife, SubstancePaperback, 1 October 2009

Infidel Poetics: Riddles, Nightlife, Substance
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Print Length
264 pages
Language
English
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Date Published
1 Oct 2009
ISBN-10
0226803104
ISBN-13
9780226803104

Description

Poetry has long been regarded as the least accessible of literary genres. But how much does the obscurity that confounds readers of a poem differ from, say, the slang that seduces listeners of hip-hop? Infidel Poetics examines not only the shared incomprensibilities of poetry and slang, but poetry's genetic relation to the spectacle of underground culture.

Charting connections between vernacular poetry, lyric obscurity, and types of social relations--networks of darkened streets in preindustrial cities, the historical underworld of taverns and clubs, the subcultures of the avant-garde--Daniel Tiffany shows that obscurity in poetry has functioned for hundreds of years as a medium of alternative societies. For example, he discovers in the submerged tradition of canting poetry and its eccentric genres--thieves' carols, drinking songs, beggars' chants--a genealogy of modern nightlife, but also a visible underworld of social and verbal substance, a demimonde for sale.

Ranging from Anglo-Saxon riddles to Emily Dickinson, from the icy logos of Parmenides to the monadology of Leibniz, from Mother Goose to Mallarmé, Infidel Poetics offers an exhilarating account of the subversive power of obscurity in word, substance, and deed.

Product Details

Author:
Daniel Tiffany
Book Format:
Paperback
Country of Origin:
US
Date Published:
1 October 2009
Dimensions:
22.35 x 14.99 x 1.52 cm
Genre:
British
ISBN-10:
0226803104
ISBN-13:
9780226803104
Language:
English
Location:
Chicago, IL
Pages:
264
Weight:
362.87 gm

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