| Description |
1 online resource (201 pages). |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
New California poetry
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New California poetry.
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| Awards |
National Book Award, Poetry, 2009. |
| Contents |
Shipwreck in Haven -- Falling in love through a description -- The plummet of vitruvius -- Epilogue : stone angels. |
| Summary |
This compelling selection of recent work by internationally celebrated poet Keith Waldrop presents three related poem sequences--"Shipwreck in Haven," "Falling in Love through a Description," and "The Plummet of Vitruvius"--In a virtuosic poetic triptych. In these quasi-abstract, experimental lines, collaged words torn from their contexts take on new meanings. Waldrop, a longtime admirer of such artists as the French poet Raymond Queneau and the American painter Robert Motherwell, imposes a tonal override on purloined materials, yet the originals continue to show through. These powerful poems, a. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
American poetry.
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American poetry. |
| Genre/Form |
Poetry.
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Electronic books.
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Poetry.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Waldrop, Keith. Transcendental studies. Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2009 9780520258778 (DLC) 2008025928 (OCoLC)232636450 |
| ISBN |
9780520943292 electronic book |
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0520943295 electronic book |
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9780520258778 |
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0520258770 |
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9780520258785 |
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0520258789 |
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9786612772511 |
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6612772514 |
| Standard No. |
9786612772511 |
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