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Presents three related poem sequences - "Shipwreck in Haven," "Falling in Love through a Description," and "The Plummet of Vitruvius" - in a virtuosic poetic triptych. This title features poems that are at once metaphysical and personal.

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"Waldrop has long been a major force in American avant-garde poetics, and this substantial new volume is big news indeed... Entrancing." Starred Review Publishers Weekly "These poems demand a certain reverence." Bookforum "A complex, absorbing work." Providence Sunday Journal "Impressive." Poets & Writers Magazine

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I: Shipwreck in Haven II: Falling in Love through a Description III: The Plummet of Vitruvius The Unreliable Narrator Carriage: a transition Variations on a Paraphrase Plummet (II) Epilogue: Stone Angels

Transcendental Studies

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    A Paperback / softback by Keith Waldrop

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      Publisher: University of California Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 02/03/2009
      ISBN13: 9780520258785, 978-0520258785
      ISBN10: 0520258789

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Presents three related poem sequences - "Shipwreck in Haven," "Falling in Love through a Description," and "The Plummet of Vitruvius" - in a virtuosic poetic triptych. This title features poems that are at once metaphysical and personal.

      Trade Review
      "Waldrop has long been a major force in American avant-garde poetics, and this substantial new volume is big news indeed... Entrancing." Starred Review Publishers Weekly "These poems demand a certain reverence." Bookforum "A complex, absorbing work." Providence Sunday Journal "Impressive." Poets & Writers Magazine

      Table of Contents
      I: Shipwreck in Haven II: Falling in Love through a Description III: The Plummet of Vitruvius The Unreliable Narrator Carriage: a transition Variations on a Paraphrase Plummet (II) Epilogue: Stone Angels

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