| The Book of a Hundred Hands Contributor(s): Swensen, Cole (Author) |
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ISBN: 0877459460 ISBN-13: 9780877459460 Publisher: University of Iowa Press OUR PRICE: $15.20 Product Type: Paperback Published: October 2005 Annotation: The hand is second only to language in defining the human being, and its constant presence makes it a ready reminder of our humanity, with all its privileges and obligations. In this dazzling collection, Cole Swensen explores the hand from any angle approachable by language and art. Her hope: to exhaust the hand as subject matter; her joy: the fact that she couldn't. These short poems reveal the hand from a hundred different perspectives. Incorporating sign language, drawing manuals, paintings from the 14th to the 20th century, shadow puppets, imagined histories, positions (the "hand as a boatless sail"), and professions ("the hand as window in which the panes infinitesimal"), Cole Swensen's fine hand is "that which augments" our understanding and appreciation of "this freak wing," this "wheel that comforts none" yet remains "a fruit the size and shape of the heart." |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | American - General |
| Dewey: 811.54 |
| LCCN: 2004065651 |
| Series: Kuhl House Poets |
| Physical Information: 0.4" H x 6.34" W x 8.14" (0.45 lbs) 125 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The hand is second only to language in defining the human being, and its constant presence makes it a ready reminder of our humanity, with all its privileges and obligations. In this dazzling collection, Cole Swensen explores the hand from any angle approachable by language and art. Her hope: to exhaust the hand as subject matter; her joy: the fact that she couldn't. These short poems reveal the hand from a hundred different perspectives. Incorporating sign language, drawing manuals, paintings from the 14th to the 20th century, shadow puppets, imagined histories, positions (the hand as a boatless sail), and professions (the hand as window in which the panes infinitesimal), Cole Swensen's fine hand is that which augments our understanding and appreciation of this freak wing, this wheel that comforts none yet remains a fruit the size and shape of the heart. |
