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Transcendental Studies: A Trilogy
Keith Waldrop
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Description for Transcendental Studies: A Trilogy
Paperback. Presents three related poem sequences - "Shipwreck in Haven," "Falling in Love through a Description," and "The Plummet of Vitruvius" - in a virtuosic poetic triptych. This title features poems that are at once metaphysical and personal. Series: New California Poetry. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 45.
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, at once metaphysical and personal, reconcile Waldrop's romantic tendencies with formal ... Read more
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, at once metaphysical and personal, reconcile Waldrop's romantic tendencies with formal ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
Series
New California Poetry
Number of Pages
216
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520258785
SKU
V9780520258785
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About Keith Waldrop
Keith Waldrop, Brooke Russell Astor Professor of Humanities at Brown University, has published more than a dozen works each of original poetry and translations. His first book, A Windmill Near Calvary, was shortlisted for the 1968 National Book Award. Recent books include The Real Subject: Queries and Conjectures of Jacob Delafon, with Sample Poems, The House Seen from Nowhere, and ... Read more
Reviews for Transcendental Studies: A Trilogy
"Waldrop has long been a major force in American avant-garde poetics, and this substantial new volume is big news indeed... Entrancing." Starred Review Publishers Weekly "These poems demand a certain reverence." Bookforum "A complex, absorbing work." Providence Sunday Journal "Impressive." Poets & Writers Magazine