| To Touch the Sky: Poems of Mystical, Spiritual & Metaphysical Light Contributor(s): Barnstone, Willis (Translator) |
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ISBN: 081121396X ISBN-13: 9780811213967 Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation OUR PRICE: $14.36 Product Type: Paperback Published: February 1999 Annotation: "To Touch The Sky" contains Willis Barstone's translations of some of the most inspiring writing of world literature: ten mystical and spiritual poets spanning three thousand years. It includes poems from the Song of Songs, Sappho, Herakleitos, Wang Wei, Mirabai, Rilke, and more. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | Anthologies (multiple Authors) - Poetry | Subjects & Themes - Inspirational & Religious |
| Dewey: 808.819 |
| LCCN: 98-43392 |
| Physical Information: 0.56" H x 5.17" W x 7.88" (0.54 lbs) 224 pages |
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| Publisher Description: Included are
The poetry included here spans three thousand years and contains some of the most profound and inspiring writing of world literature: some following the way of fantastic realism while some is mysto-erotic. As Barnstone says: [I]n the instance of our authors, the unsayable has been refashioned into the precision of poetry. |
Contributor Bio(s): Barnstone, Willis: - Willis Barnstone, professor, poet, and scholar, is the author of eighty volumes, including The Restored New Testament, The Gnostic Bible, The Poems of Jesus Christ, The Poetics of Translation, and Mexico in My Heart: New and Selected Poems. He lives in Oakland, California, and Paris. |