The book of the dead man
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Author
Publication
1994 - Copper Canyon Press, Port Townsend, Wash, Washington (State)
Language
English
Word Count
20,000 words, Guess
Page Count
80 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL1431916M
- ISBN-101556590628
- OCLC Control Number29478619
- OCLC Control Numberbookofdeadman0000bell
- Library of Congress Control Number93043415
and 2 more
- Goodreads208162
- LibraryThing832792
Classifications
- DDC811/.54
- LCCPS3552.E52 B65 1994
Description
Marvin Bell's ninth major collection of poems is groundbreaking, his most provocative and imaginative work to date. The phrase "the dead man" resounds throughout like a drumbeat registering the wisdom and genius of ignorance, fallibility, and mutability with a Zen-like detachment. Defying paraphrase, Bell's new poems demand to be understood in the context of the incantatory line as he illuminates the transcendent inscape in its moment of self-revelation. The Book of the Dead Man demolishes boundaries between lyric poetry and serio-comic intensity, and announces a poetics of striking spiritual candor.
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