 |
|
|
Item Details
| Title:
|
ON MOUNT VISION
FORMS OF THE SACRED IN CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN POETRY |
| By: |
Norman Finkelstein, Alan Golding, Lynn Keller |
| Format: |
Hardback |
| List price:
|
£37.95 |
|
We currently do not stock this item, please contact the publisher directly for
further information.
|
|
|
|
|
|
| ISBN 10: |
1587298570 |
| ISBN 13: |
9781587298578 |
| Publisher: |
UNIVERSITY OF IOWA PRESS |
| Pub. date: |
1 March, 2010 |
| Series: |
Contemporary North American Poetry Series |
| Pages: |
296 |
| Description: |
Plumbing what the poet Michael Palmer calls 'the dimension of the Spirit, with that troublesome, rebarbative capital letter', this title asks how and why the sacred has remained a basic concern of contemporary experimental poets in our secular age. |
| Synopsis: |
Plumbing what the poet Michael Palmer calls 'the dimension of the Spirit, with that troublesome, rebarbative capital letter', Norman Finkelstein's "On Mount Vision" asks how and why the sacred has remained a basic concern of contemporary experimental poets in our secular age. By charting the wandering, together and apart, of poetry and belief, Finkelstein illustrates the rich tapestry formed by the warp and woof of poetry, and the play of Gnosticism, antinomianism, spiritualism, and shamanism, which have commonly been regarded as heretical and sometimes been outright suppressed. This beautifully written work begins with an overview of the spiritual problematics found in nineteenth- and early twentieth-century American poetry. Traveling slightly outside of the realm of the contemporary, Finkelstein's discussions of Emerson, Whitman, and Eliot yield to close readings of the works of Robert Duncan, Jack Spicer, Ronald Johnson, Michael Palmer, Susan Howe, Nathaniel Mackey, and Armand Schwerner. In restoring verse to its place alongside scripture, Finkelstein reminds us why the sacred remains crucial to our understanding of postmodern American poetry. |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
University of Iowa Press |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
|
|
|
 |
|
|
|
|
|
Little Worried Caterpillar (PB)
Little Green knows she''s about to make a big change - transformingfrom a caterpillar into a beautiful butterfly. Everyone is VERYexcited! But Little Green is VERY worried. What if being a butterflyisn''t as brilliant as everyone says?Join Little Green as she finds her own path ... with just a littlehelp from her friends.
|
|
All the Things We Carry PB
What can you carry?A pebble? A teddy? A bright red balloon? A painting you''ve made?A hope or a dream?This gorgeous, reassuring picture book celebrates all the preciousthings we can carry, from toys and treasures to love and hope. With comforting rhymes and fabulous illustrations, this is a warmhug of a picture book.
|
|
|
|