Poetry and the limits of language McCredden, Lyn 2015, Poetry and the limits of language, Language and semiotic studies, vol. 1, no. 4, Winter, pp. 95-107. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads mccredden-poetryandlimits-2015.pdf Published version application/pdf 821.07KB 20 Title Poetry and the limits of language Author(s) McCredden, Lyn orcid.org/0000-0003-3956-0964 Journal name Language and semiotic studies Volume number 1 Issue number 4 Season Winter Start page 95 End page 107 Total pages 13 Publisher Soochow University Press Place of publication Suzhou, China Publication date 2015 ISSN 2096-031X Keyword(s) Language silence poetry limits of language meaning-making Summary This essay argues that poetic language offers the possibility of meaning and value, and simultaneously points beyond itself, to the limits of language, to a space differently configured as erasure, silence, the unsignifiable. What does it suggest, epistemologically and ontologically, if we acknowledge this double action of poetic language? What might this space beyond language be, and what difference does it make if we acknowledge this space? The essay examines four poems and the different ways in which they acknowledge such a space, drawing on the historically distinct approaches of Meister Eckhart and Jacques Derrida in order to ask what the space beyond language might be. The argument of the essay is that in acknowledging such a space something opens up for writers and readers of poetry: a different approach to knowing, and a potentially humbled ontological position. Language eng Field of Research 200525 Literary Theory Socio Economic Objective 970120 Expanding Knowledge in Language HERDC Research category C2 Other contribution to refereed journal ERA Research output type C Journal article Copyright notice ©2015, Soochow University Press Free to Read? Yes Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30083651 Document type: Journal Article Collections: School of Communication and Creative Arts Open Access Collection Related Links Link Description Connect to published version Go to link with your DU access privileges   Connect to Elements publication management system Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Every reasonable effort has been made to ensure that permission has been obtained for items included in DRO. If you believe that your rights have been infringed by this repository, please contact drosupport@deakin.edu.au. Versions Version Filter Type Tue, 24 May 2016, 17:55:09 EST Wed, 25 May 2016, 05:01:59 EST Wed, 29 Jun 2016, 06:08:06 EST Tue, 02 Aug 2016, 10:42:04 EST Tue, 02 Aug 2016, 10:42:51 EST Tue, 02 Aug 2016, 10:44:30 EST Mon, 15 Aug 2016, 09:41:12 EST Fri, 23 Sep 2016, 09:27:24 EST Fri, 17 Feb 2017, 08:28:01 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Cited 0 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 62 Abstract Views, 17 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Tue, 24 May 2016, 17:55:09 EST

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