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GoodA book that has been read but is in good condition. Very minimal damage to the cover including scuff marks, but no holes or tears. The dust jacket for hard covers may not be included. Binding has minimal wear. The majority of pages are undamaged with minimal creasing or tearing, minimal pencil underlining of text, no highlighting of text, no writing in margins. No missing pages. See the seller’s listing for full details and description of any imperfections. See all condition definitionsopens in a new window or tab
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EAN
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9780807111406
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ISBN
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0807111406
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Book Title
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Sorties : Journals and New Essays
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Publisher
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LSU Press
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8 in
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Publication Year
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1984
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Trade Paperback
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Language
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English
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0.6 in
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Reprint
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Genre
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Literary Criticism, Poetry
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9.3 Oz
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5 in
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Number of Pages
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240 Pages
Sorties: Journals and New Essays
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
LSU Press
ISBN-10
0807111406
ISBN-13
9780807111406
eBay Product ID (ePID)
1478466
Product Key Features
Book Title
Sorties : Journals and New Essays
Number of Pages
240 Pages
Language
English
Topic
General
Publication Year
1984
Features
Reprint
Genre
Literary Criticism, Poetry
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.6 in
Item Weight
9.3 Oz
Item Length
8 in
Item Width
5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
83-024421
Dewey Decimal
818/.5/403 B
Edition Description
Reprint
Synopsis
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., 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.
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