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Indlæser... The Gorgeous Nothings: Emily Dickinson's Envelope Poems (original 2013; udgave 2013)af Emily Dickinson (Forfatter)
Work InformationThe Gorgeous Nothings: Emily Dickinson's Envelope Poems af Emily Dickinson (2013)
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Bliv medlem af LibraryThing for at finde ud af, om du vil kunne lide denne bog. Der er ingen diskussionstråde på Snak om denne bog. Maybe poems, maybe snippets, still well worth reading. ( ) This book is a triumph, its worth well beyond the $30 listed on Amazon at the time of this writing. It is a treasure of my library very much akin to my Thames & Hudson edition of William Blake: The Complete Illuminated Books. Dickinson's envelope poems and Blake's handmade illuminated poems represent an eternal discourse on the marriage of medium and content. Yet while Blake's process was an arduous task of writing and illustrating backwards (so that his self-invented press would stamp everything in the proper direction!) to produce copies to distribute himself, Dickinson's envelope poems represent a mind bursting with thought and a hand desperate to keep up. Read the full review here: http://www.chrisviabookreviews.com/2017/09/14/the-gorgeous-nothings-emily-dickin... The Gorgeous Nothings: Emily Dickinson’s Envelope Poems - Emily Dickinson 4 stars Much better than nothings. This coffee table book reproduces the actual envelopes, full size photos, front and back. It feels as if you could almost lift the actual paper off the stark white background page. They look fragile, as if they might crumple with a breath of air. Some of the writing seemed almost polished poems. A few were meaningless fragments. Others showed experimentation with word choice and placement. It is fascinating to get such an intimate look into the mind of a genius. Fascinating and frustrating. Much of the writing was done in soft pencil. The quality of the photography was very good, but I still found it almost impossible to read actual words. Fortunately, each bit of poetic writing is reproduced on the facing page in a lined graphic of the envelope fragment. This was very helpful. But, I don’t understand why, if the actual envelopes were reproduced full size, these transcriptions were so small. I was also disappointed in the academic essays that accompanied the book. They didn’t even begin to answer my questions. The essayist usually assumed readers would possess an academic’s knowledge of Dickinson’s personal history and efemera. I found the tone condescending when factual information was included. I need to find a good biography. I don’t have an academic’s knowledge of Dickinson. I’ve read and reread her poetry and I’m familiar with the biographical information that is typically included in an anthology. These 52 scraps of reused paper are an amazing window into the obsessive process of a singular genius. (I thought of da Vinci’s notebooks and van Gogh’s frantic paintings.) She had to put words on paper. She must constantly play with their sounds, structure, and meaning. There’s playfulness in her use of the odd shapes of the paper. There’s persistence, and a search for perfection. I envy those well informed academics who get to study the real thing. I was sorry to return the book to the library. ingen anmeldelser | tilføj en anmeldelse
"The first full-color facsimile publication of Emily Dickinson's manuscripts, [presenting] this important, experimental work exactly as Dickinson wrote it. These fifty-two envelope writings offer a never before possible glimpse into the process of one of our most important poets"--Dust jacket back. No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Indlæser... GenrerMelvil Decimal System (DDC)811.4Literature English (North America) American poetry Later 19th Century (1861-1900)LC-klassificeringVurderingGennemsnit:
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