The Book of the Dead Man, Volume 1Marvin Bell's ninth major collection of poems is groundbreaking, his most provocative and imaginative work to date. The phrase the dead man resounds throughout like a drumbeat registering the wisdom and genius of ignorance, fallibility, and mutability with a Zen-like detachment. Defying paraphrase, Bell's new poems demand to be understood in the context of the incantatory line as he illuminates the transcendent inscape in its moment of self-revelation. The Book of the Dead Man demolishes boundaries between lyric poetry and serio-comic intensity, and announces a poetics of striking spiritual candor. |
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... Man's Happiness / 55 # 22 / About the Dead Man and Money / 57 # 23 / About the Dead Man and His Masks / 59 # 24 / About the Dead Man's ... Late Nights / 73 # 31 / About the Dead Man and the Dead Man's Beloved / 75 # 32 / About the Dead Man ...
... Man's Happiness / 55 # 22 / About the Dead Man and Money / 57 # 23 / About the Dead Man and His Masks / 59 # 24 / About the Dead Man's ... Late Nights / 73 # 31 / About the Dead Man and the Dead Man's Beloved / 75 # 32 / About the Dead Man ...
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... . He knows the moon is the better half of himself , that he is incomplete without her , and he cradles her on his brow as she rises . All these things the dead man does and more . 1. ABOUT THE DEAD MAN'S LATE NIGHTS When the dead 72.
... . He knows the moon is the better half of himself , that he is incomplete without her , and he cradles her on his brow as she rises . All these things the dead man does and more . 1. ABOUT THE DEAD MAN'S LATE NIGHTS When the dead 72.
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Marvin Bell. 1. ABOUT THE DEAD MAN'S LATE NIGHTS When the dead man cannot go to sleep , he squeezes blood from a ... MAN ( # 30 ) #30 About the Dead Man's Late Nights /
Marvin Bell. 1. ABOUT THE DEAD MAN'S LATE NIGHTS When the dead man cannot go to sleep , he squeezes blood from a ... MAN ( # 30 ) #30 About the Dead Man's Late Nights /
Contents
Preface | 11 |
1 About the Dead Man | 15 |
About the Dead Man | 17 |
Copyright | |
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