Turtle Island Contributor(s): Snyder, Gary (Author) |
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ISBN: 0811205452 ISBN-13: 9780811205450 Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation OUR PRICE: $23.70 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: November 1974 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Poetry | American - General - Poetry | Subjects & Themes - Nature |
Dewey: 811.54 |
LCCN: 74008542 |
Lexile Measure: 1380 |
Physical Information: 0.44" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.66 lbs) 128 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Describing the title of his collection of poetry and occasional prose pieces, Gary Snyder writes in his introductory note that Turtle Island is the old / new name for the continent, based on many creation myths of the people who have been here for millennia, and reapplied by some of them to 'North America' in recent years. The nearly five dozen poems in the book range from the lucid, lyrical, almost mystical to the mytho-biotic, while a few are frankly political. All, however, share a common vision: a rediscovery of this land and the ways by which we might become natives of the place, ceasing to think and act (after all these centuries) as newcomers and invaders. Of particular interest is the full text of the ever more relevant Four Changes, Snyder's seminal manifesto for environmental awareness. |