Content's Dream: Essays 1975-1984 (Avant-Garde & Modernism Studies)

This reprint appears on its own, without new prefatory material. Bernstein (poetry and letters, State U. of New York, Buffalo) muses on various aspects of contemporary culture and the ideas they embody; he is above all interested in the nature of language, written and verbal. Himself a practitioner of language poetry, Bernstein's essays provide thought-provoking interpretations of late 20th-century approaches to the arts, with consideration of Jackson Mac Low, Louis Zukofsky, Arakawa, and Stan Brakhage, among others. There is no index. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)