The Trouble with Genius: Reading Pound, Joyce, Stein, and Zukofsky

by Bob Perelman and Bob Perleman

Book Overview

A paradox: Ezra Pound, James Joyce, Gertrude Stein, and Louis Zukofsky all wrote their central works to be "masterpieces," synoptic views of the world that would change the very consciousness of the public. And yet these writings are so hard to read that instead of producing social change, they have produced critical industries dedicated to decoding them.

In new, provocative readings of these demanding authors, Bob Perelman shows how the inaccessibility...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520087550
• ISBN13: 9780520087552
• Release Date: November 1994
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"