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The Hand of the Poet: Poems and Papers in Manuscript
 
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The Hand of the Poet: Poems and Papers in Manuscript [Illustrated] (Hardcover)

by Dana Gioia (Author, Editor)
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  • Hardcover: 372 pages
  • Publisher: Rizzoli International Publications; illustrated edition edition (1 April 1997)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0847819582
  • ISBN-13: 978-0847819584
  • Product Dimensions: 26.2 x 20.9 x 2.7 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 1,616,578 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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"At last! In "The Hand of the Poet," Truth and Beauty have been deconstructed to Sweat and Labor....At the dawn of writing, manuscripts were books. Now, writers hand in finished copy on disk. In between, we have had a few hundred years where the poet's progress to the poem can be observed, concretely, on the page. "The Hand of the Poet" allows the reader to follow the ink back through the pen, a direct line into the heart of the poet. This is the inside story on poetry, and a revelation."--Bob Holman, editor of "Aloud: Voices from the Nuyorican Poets Cafe "and "The United States of Poetry"
"Deletion and erasure-- once a sort of revolutionary attack of the afterthought on the forethought-- now is, like any attack on mass culture, absorbed and exploited by the primary text without leaving a trace of bloodshed. So the beauty or interest of the manuscripts reproduced in this volume is that they remind us of the author as being of two minds and more; of being able to think and think again; of having a violent approach to the words that he or she inscribed in the first place."--Fanny Howe, author of "The Lives of a Spirit "and "In the Middle of Nowhere"

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4.0 out of 5 stars a good representation of an excellent exhibit, 4 Aug 1998
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This book is based on an 1996 exhibit in the New York Public Library which featured original material from one hundred poets, covering centuries of work, including poets as diverse as John Donne and Allen Ginsberg. Part of the appeal of the exhibit was seeing the actual original manuscripts, jotted notes, and correspondence right in front of you, and in that regard, the book can not live up. It is, nonetheless, excellent in its scope and interesting in its reproductions of the material from the exhibit. It would be particularly appealing to students or enthusiasts of poetry, that is, those with a prior background knowledge of the poets included. It would be of less value to someone looking for an introduction to poetry. I did thoroughly enjoy both the exhibit and the book and do strongly recommend it to any poetry enthusiast.
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4.0 out of 5 stars A nice gift book, 27 Jul 1997
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Contains reproductions of original manuscripts, about one page each, of a wide range of well known authors. Nicely bound and wrapped, a good gift especially for aspiring authors or people very involved in literature.
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