Break, Blow, Burn
by Paglia, Camille
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0375420843
- ISBN 13
- 9780375420849
- Seller
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Tokyo, Japan
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About This Item
US: Pantheon, 2005. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. A copy that has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting.The spine remains undamaged. Break, Blow, Burn: Camille Paglia Reads Forty-three of the World?fs Best Po ems is destined to become a landmark. In it, America?fs premier intellectua l provocateur explores and celebrates a series of great poems of the Wester n tradition, including some surprising discoveries of her own. She brings n ew energy and insight to our understanding of poems we already know, such a s masterpieces by Shakespeare, Donne, Shelley, Dickinson, Lowell, and Plath . She leads us to appreciate the artistry of writers with whom we may not b e familiar, such as Chuck Wachtel and Wanda Coleman. And she hails the song writer Joni Mitchell as a major contemporary poet. Daring, erudite, entertaining, and infused throughout with Paglia?fs inimitable style and passion, this beautifully written book--and the dazzling mind behind it--will entice readers to begin or renew a passionate engagement with poetry.
Synopsis
Camille Paglia is University Professor of Humanities and Media Studies at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia. She is the author of Sexual Personae: Art and Decadence from Nefertiti to Emily Dickinson ; Sex, Art, and American Culture ; and Vamps & Tramps: New Essays . She has also written The Birds , a study of Alfred Hitchcock. She lives in Philadelphia.
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- Bookseller
- Infinity Books Japan (JP)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- RWARE0000065995
- Title
- Break, Blow, Burn
- Author
- Paglia, Camille
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good/Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 0375420843
- ISBN 13
- 9780375420849
- Publisher
- Pantheon
- Place of Publication
- US
- Date Published
- 2005
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