Modern Poetry and the Idea of Language

Gerald L. Bruns is William P. and Hazel B. White Professor of English at the University of Notre Dame. His books include Hermeneutics Ancient and Modern and Heidegger's Estrangements: Language, Truth, and Poetry in the Later Writings.

"A knowledgeable and provocative analysis of the relationship between language and art." -- Choice "The readings of Mallarme, Flaubert, Joyce, and Beckett, are incisive... At all points demonstrating the appropriateness of Bruns's critical approach." -- Quarterly Journal of Speech "A well-written and properly critical introduction to a fascinating topic." -- Modern Language Review