| Blindsight Contributor(s): Waldrop, Rosmarie (Author) |
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ISBN: 0811215598 ISBN-13: 9780811215596 Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation OUR PRICE: $14.36 Product Type: Paperback Published: November 2003 Annotation: The latest book of prose poems by one of America's premier philosophical poets. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | American - General |
| Dewey: 811.54 |
| LCCN: 2003010671 |
| Physical Information: 0.4" H x 5.1" W x 7.8" (0.30 lbs) 114 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The latest book of prose poems by one of America's premier philosophical poets. For the title of her newest collection of prose poems, Rosmarie Waldrop adopts a termblindsight used by the neuroscientist Antonio R. Damasio to describe a condition in which a person actually sees more than he or she is consciously aware. This is one reason, explains Waldrop, for using collage: joining my fragments to other people's fragments in a dialogue, a net relation that might catch a bit more of the 'world.' The collectionthe author's fourth with New Directionsis divided into four thematic sections. The first, HÜlderlin Hybrids, resonates against the German poet's twisted syntax, while using rhythmic punctuation in counterpoint to sense. 'As Were, ' says Waldrop, began with looking at the secondary occupations of artistsfor example, Mallarme teaching English, Montaigne serving as mayor of Bordeauxbut this soon gave way to playing more generally with particular aspects of historical figures. The title section, Blindsight, is most consistent in its use of collage, juxtaposing words and images to jolting, epiphanic effect. Cornell Boxes, in contrast, has a formal unity, inspired by the constructions of Joseph Cornell, each prose poem box composed in a structure of fours: four paragraphs of four sentences each, with four footnotes. |
Contributor Bio(s): Waldrop, Rosmarie: - Rosmarie Waldrop was born in Germany and has lived in the United States since 1958. The author and translator of dozens of books of poetry, fiction, and criticism, she is the co-founder and co- publisher of Burning Deck Press. Waldrop's many honors include being named a Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres, fellowships from the NEA, the Fund for Poetry, and the Lila Wallace-Reader's Digest Writers' Award. In 2006 she was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. |