American Cycle (Hardcover, 2nd Revised edition)

Ten long poems that try to do for America what Shakespeare did for England: turn history and legend into poetry. American Cycle, a sequence of long poems inspired by our folklore and past, was written over forty-seven years. Its themes are love, local mythology, history, justice, memory, accomplishment, time. "The books are extraordinary, sustained explosions of authentic American language and energy. Each is entirely different from the others in style, voice, form and narrative content; each so rich in imagery and nuance and texture and event and so finely crafted. . . " —Paul Williams, author of Bob Dylan: Performing Artist. Its styles are connected to our speech: Spanish words loaned from Old California, rough colloquialisms in Paul Bunyan, the power of African-American vernacular English in John Henry, bare oratory in Chief Joseph, old west phrases in Wyatt Earp, circus ballyhoo in P. T. Barnum, aviation jargon in Amelia Earhart, backwoods dialect  in Blue Ridge. As Walt Whitman says, "I hear America singing, the varied carols. . .�

General

Imprint:	Running Wild Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	August 2022
Authors:	Larry Beckett
Dimensions:	215 x 139mm (L x W)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	770
Edition:	2nd Revised edition
ISBN-13:	978-1-947041-84-4
Categories:	Books Promotions
LSN:	1-947041-84-3
Barcode:	9781947041844

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