The Language of Inquiry

by Lyn Hejinian

Book Overview

Lyn Hejinian is among the most prominent of contemporary American poets. Her autobiographical poem My Life, a best-selling book of innovative American poetry, has garnered accolades and fans inside and outside academia. The Language of Inquiry is a comprehensive and wonderfully readable collection of her essays, and its publication promises to be an important event for American literary culture. Here, Hejinian brings together twenty...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520217004
• ISBN13: 9780520217003
• Release Date: November 2000
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 447 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 7.0" x 9.9"

Customer Reviews

Dense, productive essays

These are dense, stimulating essays by one of the most articulate and accessible of the "Language Poets."