The house that Jack built : the collected lectures of Jack Spicer /
Within THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT resides in one volume the four historic talks given by controversial poet Jack Spicer just before his early death in 1965. These lively and provocative lectures function as a gloss to Spicer's own poetry, a general discourse on poetics, and a cautionary handbook...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Hanover, NH :
Published by University Press of New England [for] Wesleyan University Press,
[1998], ©1998
Hanover, NH : c1998 Hanover, NH : [1998] |
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| Summary: | Within THE HOUSE THAT JACK BUILT resides in one volume the four historic talks given by controversial poet Jack Spicer just before his early death in 1965. These lively and provocative lectures function as a gloss to Spicer's own poetry, a general discourse on poetics, and a cautionary handbook for young poets. This thorough documentation of Spicer's unorthodox poetic vision is an authoritative edition of an underground classic |
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| Physical Description: | xxiv, 265 p. ; 24 cm xxiv, 265 pages ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [245]-249) and index Includes bibliographical references (pages [245]-249) and index |
| ISBN: | 0819563390 (cl : alk. paper) 0819563390 0819563404 (pa : alk. paper) 0819563404 |