{"product_id":"the-language-of-inquiry-by-lyn-hejinian-9780520217003","title":"The Language of Inquiry","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLyn Hejinian is among the most prominent contemporary American poets. \u003cem\u003eThe Language of Inquiry\u003c\/em\u003e is a comprehensive and readable collection of her essays, and its publication should be an important event for American literary culture.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHere, she brings together 20 essays written over a span of almost 25 years. Like many of the Language Poets with whom she has been associated since the mid-1970s, she turns to language as a social space, a site of both philosophical inquiry and political address. Central to these essays are the themes of time and knowledge, consciousness and perception.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe author's interests cover a range of texts and figures. Prominent among them are Sir Francis Bacon and Enlightenment-era explorers; Faust and Sheherazade; Viktor Shlovsky 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47599539912940,"sku":"9780520217003","price":121.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/dc3a372aa0aa6812712e700d6ee70150.jpg?v=1778022211","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/the-language-of-inquiry-by-lyn-hejinian-9780520217003","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}