Ideogram: History of a Poetic Method

by Laszlo K. G. Fin and Laszlo K. Gefin

The ideogram changed the course of modern American poetry, and Ideogram is the first history of this important poetic tradition.

In modern poetry the ideogram is an idea presented to the reader by means of the juxtaposition of concrete particulars, usually without connective words or phrases. The poem is therefore presented in precise images, usually very tersely, and free from conventional form and meter. The idea of presenting a...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0292740972
• ISBN13: 9780292740976
• Release Date: October 1982
• Publisher: University of Texas Press
• Length: 182 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"