The Eye Like a Strange Balloon
Poems
1st ed.
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Author
Publication
2004 - Grove Press, New York, USA, New York (State)
Language
English
Word Count
24,250 words, Guess
Page Count
97 pages
Physical Format
Paperback
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL3308052M
- ISBN-139780802141576
- ISBN-100802141579
- OCLC Control Number55671190
- OCLC Control Numbereyelikestrangeba00mary
and 3 more
- Library of Congress Control Number2004054432
- LibraryThing1121125
- Goodreads563643
Classifications
- DDC811/.54
- LCCPS3552.A47546 E94 2004
Description
The poems in <em>The Eye Like a Strange Balloon</em> find their seed in paintings, film, video, photographs, and collage, and the end results are something more than a sum of their parts. Beginning with a painting done in 2003, the poems move backwards in time to 1 BC, where an architectural fragment is painted on an architectural fragment, highlighting visual art’s strange relationship between the image and the thing itself. The total effect is exhilarating—a wholly original, personal take on art history coupled with Bang’s sly and elegant commentary on poetry’s enduring subjects: Love, Death, Time and Desire. The recipient of numerous prizes and awards, Bang stands at the front of American poetry with this new work, asking more of the English language, and enticing and challenging the reader.
Description
"The poems in The Eye Like a Strange Balloon find their beginnings in paintings, film, video, photographs, and collage, and the end results are something more than a sum of their parts. Beginning with a painting done in 2003, the poems move backward in time to 1 B.C., where an architectural fragment is painted on an architectural fragment, highlighting visual art's strange relationship between the image and the thing itself. The total effect is exhilarating - a wholly original, personal take on art history coupled with Bang's commentary on poetry's enduring subjects: Love, Death, Time, and Desire."--BOOK JACKET.
Subjects
Series Statement
- Grove Press Poetry
Other Editions
- The Eye Like a Strange Balloon: Poems
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