{"product_id":"the-language-of-inquiry-lyn-hejinian-9780520217003","title":"The Language of Inquiry","description":"Lyn Hejinian is among the most prominent of contemporary American poets. Her autobiographical poem \u003ci\u003eMy Life, \u003c\/i\u003e a best-selling book of innovative American poetry, has garnered accolades and fans inside and outside academia. \u003ci\u003eThe Language of Inquiry\u003c\/i\u003e 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 essays written over a span of almost twenty-five years. Like many of the Language Poets with whom she has been associated since the mid-1970s, Hejinian turns to language as a social space, a site of both philosophical inquiry and political address.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCentral to these essays are the themes of time and knowledge, consciousness and perception. Hejinian's interests cover a range of texts and figures. Prominent among them are Sir Francis Bacon and Enlightenment-era explorers; Faust and Sheherazade; Viktor Shklovsky and Russian formalism; William James, Hannah Arendt, and Martin Heidegger. But perhaps the most important literary presence in the essays is Gertrude Stein; the volume includes Hejinian's influential \"Two Stein Talks,\" as well as two more recent essays on Stein's writings.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Lyn Hejinian\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0520217004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780520217003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of California Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/27\/2000\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 447\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.90h x 7.00w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2001 pg. 1959","brand":"Lyn Hejinian","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43996769124607,"sku":"9780520217003","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_dc0a7187-263a-46c8-b066-1016f74b1c13.jpg?v=1683343580","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-language-of-inquiry-lyn-hejinian-9780520217003","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}