In the following review of The Poetic Art of Robert Lowell, Duffey objects to Perloff's assertions concerning Lowell's realism.
Anyone consulting Marjorie Perloff's study of Ro...
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In the following review, Materer gives a positive evaluation of The Futurist Moment.
Marjorie Perloff's new book, The Futurist Moment, which follows The Poetics of Indeterminacy: Rimbaud to ...
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In the review below, Ulmer offers a positive critique of The Futurist Moment.
One reason perhaps why the work of Bakhtin is popular with American critics is that it is one of the best statements of...
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In the following review of The Dance of the Intellect, Corcoran finds shortcomings in Perloff's thesis and tendency toward polemic.
The title of this book [The Dance of the Intellect] is lia...
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In the following excerpt, Connor commends Perloff's reevaluation of the Futurist movement in The Futurist Moment.
One of the most interesting consequences of the recent debates about postmod...
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In the following review, Disch gives a negative assessment of Poetic License and avant-garde postmodern writing.
Marjorie Perloff has a relationship toward the “postmodern” poetry she...
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In the following review, Altieri praises Poetic License, but takes issue with Perloff's historical perspective and attitude toward subjective expression.
Marjorie Perloff's Poetic Lic...
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In the following review, Leddy offers a summary of Perloff's essays and arguments in Poetic License, noting unflattering similarities between Perloff's approach and that of F. R. Leavis....
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Below, Spiegelman gives a positive review of Radical Artifice.
This book [Radical Artifice] eloquently compresses many of its author's longtime interests while also striking out into new ter...
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In the following review, Dasenbrock gives a positive evaluation of Radical Artifice, but disagrees with Perloff's view of the avant-garde.
Radical Artifice is an interesting, perceptive, rew...
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In the following positive review, Surette provides a summary analysis of Perloff's thesis and arguments in Radical Artifice.
Marjorie Perloff is a distinguished commentator on the literature...
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In the following review of Frank O'Hara: Poet among Painters, Mazzard praises Perloff's explication of O'Hara's poetry, but finds fault in her academic perspective.
When...
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In the following excerpt, Golding offers a positive critique of Perloff's thesis and central arguments in Radical Artifice.
Paul Mann, Peter Bürger, Andreas Huyssen, Russell Berman, F...
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In the following review, Palatella analyzes Perloff's revisionist literary history and theoretical positions in Radical Artifice and other previous works. According to Palatella, Perloff'...
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In the following review of Radical Artifice, Francis discusses Perloff's critique of modern culture and the role of avant-garde poetry.
As its title succinctly announces, Marjorie Perloff&#x...
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In the following review of Radical Artifice, Jarraway criticizes Perloff's reductive view of modernism and her ideological commitment to postmodernism.
In the field of twentieth-century lett...
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In the following positive review, Clippinger discusses Perloff's thesis and theoretical position concerning aesthetics and ethics in Wittgenstein's Ladder.
Ludwig Wittgenstein'...
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In the review below, Munk gives a positive assessment of Wittgenstein's Ladder.
In Jacob's dream, the landscape shapes itself into a ladder stretching from earth to heaven. In the Ele...
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In the following review, Saunders praises Wittgenstein's Ladder, but notes occasional lapses of theoretical rigor in the work.
If books could be cataloged by season, Wittgenstein's La...
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In the following review, Middleton gives a favorable assessment of Wittgenstein's Ladder.
For the past twenty five years, one influential movement in American poetry has been practising a li...
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In the following review, Cornis-Pope analyzes Poetry On and Off the Page.
Written for specific conferences, symposia, or edited volumes, the fourteen essays collected in Poetry On & Off the ...
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In the following review, Meek gives a positive assessment of Frank O'Hara: Poet among Painters.
Marjorie Perloff's intention in this first book-length study of Frank O'Hara�...
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In the following review of Frank O'Hara: Poet among Painters, Altieri commends Perloff's discussion of O'Hara's aesthetics, but cites shortcomings in her analysis of the su...
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In the following review, Steiner criticizes what she considers to be specious arguments and inaccurate semiotic analysis in The Poetics of Indeterminacy.
It is hard not to admire the courage of Mar...
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In the following review, Butterick commends the ambition of The Poetics of Indeterminacy, but criticizes what he sees as Perloff's unconvincing arguments and loose interdisciplinary approach.
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In the following review, Kronick gives a negative assessment of The Dance of the Intellect.
Perloff [in The Dance of the Intellect] contends that Post-Modernism is distinguished by the abandonment ...
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In the following review of The Futurist Moment, McKenna finds Perloff's analysis of Futurism and its link to postmodernism informative, but questions postmodernism's relevance and Perlof...
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In the following review of The Dance of the Intellect, Witemeyer finds shortcomings in Perloff's assertions and documentation.
In The Dance of the Intellect Marjorie Perloff gathers ten essa...
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Hyperbolic titles invite dissent. So here’s mine: What makes Allen Ginsberg’s “Howl” “the poem that changed America,” as the cover of this essay collection procl...
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Hyperbolic titles invite dissent. So here’s mine: What makes Allen Ginsberg’s “Howl” “the poem that changed America,” as the cover of this essay collection proc...
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Critical Review by Bernard Duffey
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