Rhythm: Form and Dispossession

by Vincent Barletta

Book Overview

More than the persistent beat of a song or the structural frame of poetry, rhythm is a deeply imbedded force that drives our world and is also a central component of the condition of human existence. It's the pulse of the body, a power that orders matter, a strange and natural force that flows through us. Virginia Woolf describes it as a "wave in the mind" that carries us, something we can no more escape than we could stop our hearts from beating...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 022668587X
• ISBN13: 9780226685878
• Release Date: March 2020
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.4"