Abstract

A study of the work of an independent, experimental filmmaker, delineating the aesthetic parallels between Brakhage's films and a broad spectrum of American art from the 1920s through the 1960s. Demonstrates the symmetry between Brakhage's films and the writings of William Carlos Williams, Ezra Pound, Gertrude Stein, Allen Ginsberg, and Michael McClure, and concentrates especially on his relation to the work of Charles Olson and Alfred North Whitehead. Includes a detailed, 20-page glossary. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.