{"product_id":"infidel-poetics-daniel-tiffany-9780226803104","title":"Infidel Poetics: Riddles, Nightlife, Substance","description":"\u003cp\u003ePoetry has long been regarded as the least accessible of literary genres. But how much does the obscurity that confounds readers of a poem differ from, say, the slang that seduces listeners of hip-hop? \u003ci\u003eInfidel Poetics\u003c\/i\u003e examines not only the shared incomprensibilities of poetry and slang, but poetry's genetic relation to the spectacle of underground culture. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCharting connections between vernacular poetry, lyric obscurity, and types of social relations--networks of darkened streets in preindustrial cities, the historical underworld of taverns and clubs, the subcultures of the avant-garde--Daniel Tiffany shows that obscurity in poetry has functioned for hundreds of years as a medium of alternative societies. For example, he discovers in the submerged tradition of canting poetry and its eccentric genres--thieves' carols, drinking songs, beggars' chants--a genealogy of modern nightlife, but also a visible underworld of social and verbal \u003ci\u003esubstance\u003c\/i\u003e, a demimonde for sale. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRanging from Anglo-Saxon riddles to Emily Dickinson, from the icy \u003ci\u003elogos\u003c\/i\u003e of Parmenides to the monadology of Leibniz, from Mother Goose to Mallarmé, \u003ci\u003eInfidel Poetics\u003c\/i\u003e offers an exhilarating account of the subversive power of obscurity in word, substance, and deed.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Daniel Tiffany\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0226803104\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226803104\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.80h x 5.90w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2010","brand":"Daniel Tiffany","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48086427468031,"sku":"9780226803104","price":34.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_45a9f4a0-e52a-4521-a9a4-b56fc2c4bde8.jpg?v=1769094611","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/infidel-poetics-daniel-tiffany-9780226803104","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}