Sorties: Journals And New Essays
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Sorties: Journals And New Essays. Language: English. Number of Pages: 240. Weight: 0.58 lbs. Publication Date: 1984-03-01. Publisher: LSU Press. Please refer to the section BELOW (and NOT ABOVE ) this line for the product details - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Title: Sorties: Journals And New Essays ISBN13: 9780807111406 ISBN10: 0807111406 Author: Dickey, James (Author) Description: James Dickey's Creativity As A Poet Is Well Known But There Have Been Few Opportunities For His Readers To Become Familiar With The Full Dimensions Of His Mind, With The Thoughts And Perceptions That Lie Just Outside The Matter Of His Poetry Sorties Brings Together The Contents Of A Journal Kept By Dickey For Several Years And Six Discerning Essays On Poetry And The Creative Process The Journal Follows Dickey's Mind As It Alights On A Wide Array Of Topics, Ranging From The Work Of His Colleagues To The Plotting Of A New Novel, From The Onset Of Old Age To Pride Over Accomplishments In Archery And Guitar Playing Dickey Can Be Blunt In His Opinions, As When He States That A Second-Rate Writer Like Norman Mailer Will Sit Around Wondering What On Earth It Is That Hemingway Had That Mailer Might Possibly Be Able To Get But The Journal Also Reveals A Great Capacity For Sympathy, As When Dickey Tells Of His Father's Long Illness, And A Revealing Candor--I Am Lewis, He Writes Of His Novel Deliverance, Every Word Is True The Journal Is At Its Most Revealing, However, When Dickey Discusses The Craft Of Poetry It Is Good For A Poet To Remember, He Writes, That The Human Mind, Though In Some Ways Very Complicated, Is In Some Others Very Simple This Awareness That Poetry Must Understand The Simplicities Of Human Existence Is A Recurring Concern For Dickey, And He Writes With Disdain Of The Brilliant Things That Too Often Clog Poetry, The Stale Self-Absorption That Warps The Perceptions Of Many Poets In The Essays That Make Up The Second Part Of The Book, Dickey Also Focuses On Poetry, Exploring The Relation Of The Poet To His Works, The Promise Of A Younger Generation Of Poets, And The Place Of Theodore Roethke As The Greatest American Poet Wide-Ranging And Acute, Sorties Opens Up For The Reader The Discriminating Mind That Lies Behind Some Of The Most Accomplished And Memorable Poetry Written In America In This Century Binding: Paperback, Paperback Publisher: LSU Press Publication Date: 1984-03-01 Weight: 0.58 lbs Dimensions: 0.55'' H x 8'' L x 5'' W Number of Pages: 240 Language: English
