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The Holy Forest: Collected Poems of Robin Blaser
Robin Blaser
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Description for The Holy Forest: Collected Poems of Robin Blaser
Paperback. A compilation of Robin Blaser's prophetic meditations on the histories, theories, emotions, experiments, and countermemories of the late twentieth century. Editor(s): Nichols, Miriam. Num Pages: 552 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 494.
Robin Blaser, one of the key North American poets of the postwar period, emerged from the "Berkeley Renaissance" of the 1940s and 1950s as a central figure in that burgeoning literary scene. "The Holy Forest", now spanning five decades, is Blaser's highly acclaimed lifelong serial poem. This long-awaited revised and expanded edition includes numerous published volumes of verse, the ongoing "Image-Nation" and "Truth Is Laughter" series, and new work from 1994 to 2004.Blaser's passion for world making draws inspiration from the major poets and philosophers of our time - from friends and peers such as Robert Duncan, Jack Spicer, Charles ... Read more
Robin Blaser, one of the key North American poets of the postwar period, emerged from the "Berkeley Renaissance" of the 1940s and 1950s as a central figure in that burgeoning literary scene. "The Holy Forest", now spanning five decades, is Blaser's highly acclaimed lifelong serial poem. This long-awaited revised and expanded edition includes numerous published volumes of verse, the ongoing "Image-Nation" and "Truth Is Laughter" series, and new work from 1994 to 2004.Blaser's passion for world making draws inspiration from the major poets and philosophers of our time - from friends and peers such as Robert Duncan, Jack Spicer, Charles ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
552
Condition
New
Number of Pages
552
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520258259
SKU
V9780520258259
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About Robin Blaser
Robin Blaser is Professor Emeritus at Simon Fraser University. Among his many books are The Fire: Collected Essays of Robin Blaser (UC Press), Pell Mell, and Syntax. Miriam Nichols is College Professor at University College of the Fraser Valley and editor of Even on Sunday: Essays, Readings, and Archival Materials on the Poetry and Poetics of Robin Blaser.
Reviews for The Holy Forest: Collected Poems of Robin Blaser
"Blaser's new collected ... further entrenches him as a seminal figure in postwar North American poetry."
Seth Abramson Huffington Post "Erudite, conversational and witty." Berkeley Daily Planet
Seth Abramson Huffington Post "Erudite, conversational and witty." Berkeley Daily Planet