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Paul A. Bové, Editor Early Postmodernism Foundational Essays pet» chaw s= s - — ~ = oe 2 ; .- é ~ _ , 2 ee mi ~ . can nn ~e—-~i<~-== = ts ~ Early Postmodernism Paul A. Bové, Editor Early Postmodernism Foundational Essays Duke University Press Durham and London 1995 © 1995 Duke University Press All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America on acid-free paper ~ Designed by Cherie Holma Westmoreland Typeset in Trump Mediaeval with Futura display by Tseng Information Systems, Inc. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data appear on the last printed page of this book. These essays originally were published in the following issues of boundary 2: William V. Spanos, “The Detective and the Boundary: Some Notes on the Postmodern Literary Imagination,” 1, 1 (Fall 1972): 147-168. David Antin, “Modernism and Postmodernism: Approaching the Present in Ameri- can Poetry,” 1, 1 (Fall 1972): 98—133. Ihab Hassan, “The New Gnosticism: Speculations on an Aspect of the Postmodern Mind,” 1, 3 (Spring 1973): §47— 570. Charles Altieri, “From Symbolist Thought to Immanence: The Ground of Postmodern American Poetics,” 1, 3 (Spring 1973): 605-642. Catharine R. Stimpson, “Charles Olson: Preliminary Images,” 2, 1 & 2 (Fall 1973/Win- ter 1974): 151-172. Harold Bloom, “The Dialectics of Literary Tradition,” 2, 3 (Spring 1974): 528-538. Hélene Cixous, “At Circe’s, or, The Self-Opener,” 3, 2 (Winter 1975): 387-397. Barry Alpert, “Post-Modern Oral Poetry: Buck- minster Fuller, John Cage, and David Antin,” 3, 3 (Spring 1975): 665-682. Joseph N. Riddel, “From Heidegger to Derrida to Chance: Doubling and (Poetic) Language,” 4, 2 (Winter 1976): 571-592. Gerald Gillespie, “Scientific Discourse and Postmodernity: Francis Bacon and the Empirical Birth of ‘Re- vision,’” 7, 2 (Winter 1979): 119-148. Cornel West, “Nietzsche’s Prefiguration of Postmodern American Philosophy,” 9, 3/10, 1 (Spring/Fall 1981): 241-270. Contents Paul A. Bové Preface 1 William V. Spanos The Detective and the Boundary Some Notes on the Postmodern Literary Imagination 17 David Antin Modernism and Postmodernism Approaching the Present in American Poetry 40 Ihab Hassan The New Gnosticism Speculations on an Aspect of the Postmodern Mind 77 Charles Altieri From Symbolist Thought to Immanence The Ground of Postmodern American Poetics 100 Catharine R. Stimpson Charles Olson Preliminary Images 140 Harold Bloom The Dialectics of Literary Tradition 163 Helene Cixous At Circe’s, or, The Self-Opener 175 Barry Alpert Postmodern Oral Poetry Buckminster Fuller, John Cage, and David Antin 188 Joseph N. Riddel From Heidegger to Derrida to Chance Doubling and (Poetic) Language 207 Gerald Gillespie Scientific Discourse and Postmodernity Francis Bacon and the Empirical Birth of “Revision” 232 Cornel West Nietzsche's Prefiguration of Postmodern American Philosophy 265 Index 291 vi Contents