News of the Universe: Poems of Twofold Consciousness

News of the Universe: Poems of Twofold Consciousness image
ISBN-10:

0871563681

ISBN-13:

9780871563682

Edition: First Trade Paper
Released: Aug 29, 1995
Publisher: Counterpoint
Format: Paperback, 320 pages
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Description:

Acclaimed poet and translator Robert Bly here assembles a unique cross-cultural anthology that illuminates the idea of a larger-than-human consciousness operating in the universe. The book’s 150 poems come from around the world and many eras: from the ecstatic Sufi poet Rumi to contemporary voices like Kenneth Rexroth, Denise Levertov, Charles Simic, and Mary Oliver. Brilliant introductory essays trace our shifting attitudes toward the natural world, from the old position” of dominating or denigrating nature, to the growing sympathy expressed by the Romantics and American poets like Whitman and Dickinson. Bly’s translations of Neruda, Rilke, and others, along with superb examples of non-Western verse such as Eskimo and Zuni songs, complete this important, provocative anthology.












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