| Coin of the Realm: Essays on the Life and Art of Poetry Contributor(s): Phillips, Carl (Author) |
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ISBN: 1555974015 ISBN-13: 9781555974015 Publisher: Graywolf Press OUR PRICE: $13.50 Product Type: Paperback Published: June 2004 Annotation: The Award-winning poet Carl Phillips grapples with issues of authority, identity, and beauty in these sensual and deeply intelligent essays The "coin of the realm" is, classically, the currency that for any culture most holds value. In art, as in life, the poet Carl Phillips argues, that currency includes beauty, risk, and authority-values of meaning and complexity that all too often go disregarded. Together, these essays become an invaluable statement for the necessary-and necessarily difficult-work of the imagination and the will, even when, as Phillips states in his title essay, "the last thing that most human beings seem capable of trusting naturally-instinctively-is themselves, their own judgment." |
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| BISAC Categories: - Literary Collections | Essays - Literary Criticism | Poetry |
| Dewey: 811.54 |
| LCCN: 2003112163 |
| Physical Information: 0.76" H x 6.12" W x 8.98" (0.79 lbs) 246 pages |
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| Publisher Description: The Award-winning poet Carl Phillips grapples with issues of authority, identity, and beauty in these sensual and deeply intelligent essays The coin of the realm is, classically, the currency that for any culture most holds value. In art, as in life, the poet Carl Phillips argues, that currency includes beauty, risk, and authority-values of meaning and complexity that all too often go disregarded. Together, these essays become an invaluable statement for the necessary-and necessarily difficult-work of the imagination and the will, even when, as Phillips states in his title essay, the last thing that most human beings seem capable of trusting naturally-instinctively-is themselves, their own judgment. |
Contributor Bio(s): Phillips, Carl: - Carl Phillips is the author of several books of poetry, including Silverchest, a finalist for the International Griffin Prize, and Double Shadow, winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. He is also the author of The Art of Daring: Risk, Restlessness, Imagination. Phillips teaches at Washington University in St. Louis. |