English, Incredible English Vol E-G Contributor(s): Morinelli, Andrew Charles (Author), Kostelanetz, Richard (Author) |
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ISBN: 193740112X ISBN-13: 9781937401122 Publisher: Archae Editions OUR PRICE: $22.80 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2013 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
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BISAC Categories: - Poetry |
Physical Information: 1.23" H x 5" W x 8" (1.31 lbs) 608 pages |
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Publisher Description: Interested now in producing only texts significant enough to survive me I wanted to write a long poem devoid of personal expression, though not my discriminatory taste--a really long poem in a great American tradition, that would monumentally synthesize my interests in working with existing words, maximal minimalism, uniqueness, and esthetic selection. So I discovered more than 5450 words that, though unfamiliar to me and, may I venture, to most sophisticated English readers, exist in sophisticated dictionaries. As Casey Stengel memorably admonished, "You can look it up." A second criterion informing my selection held that each word has sufficient poetic weight to stand alone on its own page. A-B/C-E, etc represents the first/second/third/fourth/fifth/sixth/seventh/eighth of eight volumes that complete this classic American poem. |