Sudden Eden: Essays by Donald Revell (English) Paperback Book

Description: Sudden Eden by Donald Revell "The essays in Sudden Eden explore the ways in which the memory of Paradise, or experience of the paradisiacal, has shaped canons of experimental writing from the late Middle Ages through to the present day"-- FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description The essays in Sudden Eden explore the ways in which the memory of Paradise, or experience of the paradisiacal, has shaped canons of experimental writing from the late Middle Ages through to the present day. Keyed to figures as various as Dante and Beckett, Thomas Traherne and Barbara Guest, Sudden Eden proposes a new constellation of Metaphysical, Symbolist, and Postmodern lights--a single, continuous Heaven. DONALD REVELL is the author of fifteen collections of poetry, most recently of The English Boat (2018) and Drought-Adapted Vine (2015), both from Alice James books, Revell has also published six volumes of translations from the French, including Apollinaires Alcools, Rimbauds A Season in Hell, Laforgues Last Poems, and Verlaines Songs without Words. His critical writings have been collected as Essay: A Critical Memoir; The Art of Attention; and Invisible Green: Selected Prose. Winner of the PEN USA Translation Award and two-time winner of the PEN USA Award for Poetry, he has also won The Academy of American Poets Lenore Marshall Prize and is a former Fellow of the Ingram Merrill and Guggenheim Foundations. Additionally, he has been twice awarded Fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts. Having previously taught at the universities of Alabama, Denver, Iowa, Missouri, Tennessee and Utah, Donald Revell is currently Professor of English at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Author Biography DONALD REVELL is the author of fifteen collections of poetry, most recently of The English Boat (2018) and Drought-Adapted Vine (2015), both from Alice James books, Revell has also published six volumes of translations from the French, including Apollinaires Alcools, Rimbauds A Season in Hell, Laforgues Last Poems, and Verlaines Songs without Words. His critical writings have been collected as Essay: A Critical Memoir; The Art of Attention; and Invisible Green: Selected Prose. Winner of the PEN USA Translation Award and two-time winner of the PEN USA Award for Poetry, he has also won The Academy of American Poets Lenore Marshall Prize and is a former Fellow of the Ingram Merrill and Guggenheim Foundations. Additionally, he has been twice awarded Fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts. Having previously taught at the universities of Alabama, Denver, Iowa, Missouri, Tennessee and Utah, Donald Revell is currently Professor of English at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Long Description The essays in Sudden Eden explore the ways in which the memory of Paradise, or experience of the paradisiacal, has shaped canons of experimental writing from the late Middle Ages through to the present day. Keyed to figures as various as Dante and Beckett, Thomas Traherne and Barbara Guest, Sudden Eden proposes a new constellation of Metaphysical, Symbolist, and Postmodern lights--a single, continuous Heaven. DONALD REVELL is the author of fifteen collections of poetry, most recently of The English Boat (2018) and Drought-Adapted Vine (2015), both from Alice James books, Revell has also published six volumes of translations from the French, including Apollinaires Alcools, Rimbauds A Season in Hell, Laforgues Last Poems, and Verlaines Songs without Words. His critical writings have been collected as Essay: A Critical Memoir; The Art of Attention; and Invisible Green: Selected Prose. Winner of the PEN USA Translation Award and two-time winner of the PEN USA Award for Poetry, he has also won The Academy of American Poets Lenore Marshall Prize and is a former Fellow of the Ingram Merrill and Guggenheim Foundations. Additionally, he has been twice awarded Fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts. Having previously taught at the universities of Alabama, Denver, Iowa, Missouri, Tennessee and Utah, Donald Revell is currently Professor of English at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Details ISBN1643171089 Author Donald Revell Pages 160 Publisher Parlor Press Series Illuminations: A American Poetics Year 2019 ISBN-10 1643171089 ISBN-13 9781643171081 Format Paperback Publication Date 2019-08-13 Imprint Parlor Press Subtitle Essays Illustrations Illustrations Short Title Sudden Eden Language English UK Release Date 2019-08-13 DEWEY 814.54 Audience General We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:132873867;

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