Total Syntax

Carbondale: Southern Illinois University Press, 1985. Large octavo in off-white paper wraps; xiii, 241 pages: illustrations; 22 cm; bibliographical references (pages 227-233) and index. Mild wear to wraps; mild sunning to edges; else a very tight and clean unread copy. Near fine overall. See photos. Paperback. ISBN: 9780809311798

An important and well-written treatise on the use of langauge. Contents: 1. Russian formalism and the present -- 2. The politics of poetry: surrealism and L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E -- 3. Total syntax: The work in the world -- 4. Olson in language: the politics of style -- 5. The world in the work: toward a psychology of form -- 6. Missing "X": formal meaning in Crane and Eigner -- 7. On explanation: Art and the language of art-language. Language poetry. Poetics. Language Theory. Literature.  Literature, Modern.  Littérature.  Literature, Modern.  Literature.  Aufsatzsammlung  Literatur  Literaturtheorie  Bungaku.  Literature.  Literature.