{"product_id":"rhythm-vincent-barletta-9780226685731","title":"Rhythm: Form and Dispossession","description":"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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Vincent Barletta explores rhythm through three historical moments, each addressing it as a phenomenon that transcends poetry, aesthetics, and even temporality. He reveals rhythm to be a power that holds us in place, dispossesses us, and shapes the foundations of our world. In these moments, Barletta encounters rhythm as a primordial and physical binding force that establishes order and form in the ancient world, as the anatomy of lived experience in early modern Europe, and as a subject of aesthetic and ethical questioning in the twentieth century. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A wide-ranging book covering a period spanning two millennia and texts from over ten languages, \u003ci\u003eRhythm \u003c\/i\u003ewill expand the conversation around this complex and powerful phenomenon. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Vincent Barletta\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 022668573X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226685731\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 03\/22\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 216\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.60w x 0.80d","brand":"Vincent Barletta","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48086422814975,"sku":"9780226685731","price":81.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3c4a14ee-9b8a-4448-84c4-0c4355d7563c.jpg?v=1769094587","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/rhythm-vincent-barletta-9780226685731","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}