{"product_id":"verbal-transformation-despair-and-hope-shudong-chen-9781666907629","title":"Verbal Transformation, Despair, and Hope in The Waste Land","description":"\u003cp\u003eBased closely in spirit upon the most recent development in prosodic studies, \u003ci\u003eVerbal Transformation, Despair, and Hope in The Waste Land\u003c\/i\u003e attempts another round of \"philosophical investigation\". The book demonstrates how \u003ci\u003eThe Waste Land\u003c\/i\u003e could be read afresh in terms of the hidden verbal transformation that reveals the overlooked performative and collaborative nature of language. This verbal transformation makes \u003ci\u003eThe Waste Land\u003c\/i\u003e flow naturally as truly \"rhythmical creation of [meaningful] beauty\" the way Poe defines poetry, especially through what Eliot calls \"auditory imagination\" or what Herder calls \"intermediary sensation\" that makes the poetry \"the first language\" of humanity or \"the dictionary of the soul.\" The verbal transformation also serendipitously makes sounds of despair the sounds of hope.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Shudong Chen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1666907626\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781666907629\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Lexington Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/13\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 346\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.49lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.94d","brand":"Shudong Chen","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44055697391871,"sku":"9781666907629","price":120.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e2df2ebf-78c8-43ef-af9f-f8f893f20386.jpg?v=1685037263","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/verbal-transformation-despair-and-hope-shudong-chen-9781666907629","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}