{"product_id":"9781501364532","title":"Words' Worth What the Poet Does","description":"\u003ch1\u003eWords' Worth\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch2\u003eWhat the Poet Does\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ch3\u003eClaudia Brodsky\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eLiterary Criticism \/ Poetry\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eClaudia Brodsky marshals her equal expertise in literature and philosophy to redefine the terms and trajectory of the theory and interpretation of modern poetry. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTaking her cue from Wordsworth's revolutionary understanding of “real language,” Brodsky unfolds a provocative new theory of poetry, a way of looking at poetry that challenges traditional assumptions.   Analyzing both theory and practice, and taking in a broad swathe of writers and thinkers from Wordsworth to Rousseau to Hegel to Proust, Brodsky is at pains to draw out the transformative, active, and effective power of literature.  Poetry, she says, is only worthy of the name when it is not the property of the poet but of society, when it is valued for what it \u003ci\u003edoes\u003c\/i\u003e.    \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWords' Worth \u003c\/i\u003eis a bold new work, by a leading scholar of literature, which demands a response from all students and scholars of modern poetry.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eClaudia Brodsky \u003c\/b\u003eis Professor of Comparative Literature at Princeton University, USA, and ancien Directeur de Programme at the Collège International de Philosophie, Paris, France. Her publications include \u003ci\u003eThe Imposition of Form \u003c\/i\u003e(1987), \u003ci\u003eLines of Thought (\u003c\/i\u003e1996), \u003ci\u003eBirth of a Nation'hood \u003c\/i\u003e(co-edited with Toni Morrison, 1997), \u003ci\u003eIn the Place of Language \u003c\/i\u003e(2009), \u003ci\u003eInventing Agency \u003c\/i\u003e(co-edited with Eloy LaBrada, Bloomsbury, 2017), and \u003ci\u003eThe Linguistic Condition\u003c\/i\u003e (forthcoming Bloomsbury, 2020).\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e03 September 2020\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781501364532\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHardback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e160\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e11.68\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51332902289548,"sku":"9781501364532","price":99.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_78095195-5ca3-4576-8a9c-dc007aeb48ed.jpg?v=1783607214","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781501364532","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}