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The Complete Poems of Kenneth Rexroth (Paperback): Kenneth Rexroth The Complete Poems of Kenneth Rexroth (Paperback)
Kenneth Rexroth
R732 R650 Discovery Miles 6 500 Save R82 (11%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

"The Complete Poems of Kenneth Rexroth" assembles all of his published longer and shorter poems, and includes a never-before-published selection of his earliest work. Rexroth's poems of nature and protest are remarkable for their erudition and biting social and political commentary; his love poems justly celebrated for their eroticism and depth of feeling.

The cloth edition was one of the most widely reviewed poetry titles in 2003:

"Scholars and critics who endeavor to discuss mid-20th century American poetry responsibly ignore Rexroth at their peril."-"Los Angeles Times Book Review," cover feature and selected as a Book of the Year

"Rexroth is probably best known as the 'Father of the Beat Generation.' These poems reveal that great beauty lies beyond that clichA(c)."-NPR's "All Things Considered"

"Rexroth's prodigious breadth of learning, his hungry attention to the natural world, his contempt for warmongering and his profound, occasionally overlapping love of women are all on flourishing display."-"The San Francisco Chronicle"

"Rexroth never mistook his poetry for a product, and he could present ideas and images in an urgent, memorable and eloquent way."-"The Nation"

"Rexroth is one of the most readable and rewarding 20th-century American poets."-"Booklist"

Kenneth Rexroth (19051982) was one of the world's great literary minds. In addition to being a poet, translator, essayist and teacher, he helped found the San Francisco Poetry Center and influenced generations of readers with his "Classics Revisited" series.

Kenneth Rexroth and James Laughlin - Selected Letters (Hardcover, New): James Laughlin, Kenneth Rexroth Kenneth Rexroth and James Laughlin - Selected Letters (Hardcover, New)
James Laughlin, Kenneth Rexroth; Edited by Lee Bartlett
R1,200 R1,021 Discovery Miles 10 210 Save R179 (15%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Frankly H. Miller was defended by me only because he spoke against the War, and I think that was the main reason for his fame. Now I do not believe, what with Palmistry, Chirography, Phrenology, and the Great Cryptogram, he will survive the retooling period. I honestly think he is the most insufferable snob I have ever met but all reformed pandhandlers are like that. in a letter from Kenneth Rexroth to James Laughlin"

Selected Poems (Paperback): Kenneth Rexroth Selected Poems (Paperback)
Kenneth Rexroth
R430 R357 Discovery Miles 3 570 Save R73 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

He is also one of the most sophisticated. Like William Carlos Williams, he honed his writing to a controlled and direct language. His intellectual complexity matches Wallace Stevens, his polymath erudition Ezra Pound. He is first among our nature poets. His love poems and erotic lyrics are unsurpassed. Rexroth's Selected Poems brings together in a single volume a representative sampling of sixty years' work. Here are substantial passages from his longer poems: The Homestead Called Damascus(1920-1925), begun while the poet was in his teens; the cubist Prolegomenon to a Theodicy (1925-1927); the philosophical masterpiece The Phoenix and the Tortoise (1940-1944) and The Dragon and the Unicorn (1944-1950); and the meditative The Heart's Garden, The Garden's Heart (1967). The shorter poems were originally gathered in In What Hour (1940), The Art of Wordly Wisdom (1949),The Signature of All Things (1950), In Defense of the Earth (1956), Natural Numbers(1964), New Poems (1974), and The Morning Star (1979).

One Hundred Poems from the Chinese (Paperback): Kenneth Rexroth One Hundred Poems from the Chinese (Paperback)
Kenneth Rexroth
R386 Discovery Miles 3 860 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The lyric poetry of Tu Fu ranks with the greatest in all world literature. Across the centuries Tu Fu lived in the T'ang Dynasty (731-770) his poems come through to us with an immediacy that is breathtaking in Kenneth Rexroth's English versions. They are as simple as they are profound, as delicate as they are beautiful. Thirty-five poems by Tu Fu make up the first part of this volume. The translator then moves on to the Sung Dynasty (10th-12th centuries) to give us a number of poets of that period, much of whose work was not previously available in English. Mei Yao Ch'en, Su Tung P'o, Lu Yu, Chu Hsi, Hsu Chao, and the poetesses Li Ch'iang Chao and Chu Shu Chen. There is a general introduction, biographical and explanatory notes on the poets and poems, and a bibliography of other translations of Chinese poetry."

100 Poems from the Japanese (Paperback): Kenneth Rexroth 100 Poems from the Japanese (Paperback)
Kenneth Rexroth
R339 Discovery Miles 3 390 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

The poems are drawn chiefly from the traditional Manyoshu, Kokinshu and Hyakunin Isshu collections, but there are also examplaes of haiku and other later forms. The sound of the Japanese texts i reproduced in Romaji script and the names of the poets in the calligraphy of Ukai Uchiyama. The translator's introduction gives us basic background on the history and nature of Japanese poetry, which is supplemented by notes on the individual poets and an extensive bibliography.

The Signatures Of All Things - Poems, Songs, Elegies, Translations And Epigrams (Paperback): Kenneth Rexroth The Signatures Of All Things - Poems, Songs, Elegies, Translations And Epigrams (Paperback)
Kenneth Rexroth
R591 Discovery Miles 5 910 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Holy Kabbalah (Paperback, Annotated edition): A. E. Waite The Holy Kabbalah (Paperback, Annotated edition)
A. E. Waite; Introduction by Kenneth Rexroth
R831 Discovery Miles 8 310 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Fourteen Poems (French, Paperback): O.V. Milosz Fourteen Poems (French, Paperback)
O.V. Milosz; Translated by Kenneth Rexroth
R197 Discovery Miles 1 970 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
The Green ChildWith An Introduction (Paperback): Herbert Red, Kenneth Rexroth The Green ChildWith An Introduction (Paperback)
Herbert Red, Kenneth Rexroth
R555 Discovery Miles 5 550 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Homestead Called Damascus - Quarterly Review of Literature, V9, No. 2 (Paperback): Kenneth Rexroth The Homestead Called Damascus - Quarterly Review of Literature, V9, No. 2 (Paperback)
Kenneth Rexroth
R510 Discovery Miles 5 100 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Nights of Love and Laughter (Paperback): Henry, MD" Miller Nights of Love and Laughter (Paperback)
Henry, MD" Miller; Introduction by Kenneth Rexroth
R652 Discovery Miles 6 520 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
One Hundred Poems From The Chinese (Paperback): Kenneth Rexroth One Hundred Poems From The Chinese (Paperback)
Kenneth Rexroth
R705 Discovery Miles 7 050 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Thirty Spanish Poems of Love and Exile - The Pocket Poets Series, No. 2 (Paperback): Raphael Alberti, Mariano Brull Thirty Spanish Poems of Love and Exile - The Pocket Poets Series, No. 2 (Paperback)
Raphael Alberti, Mariano Brull; Edited by Kenneth Rexroth
R506 Discovery Miles 5 060 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Nights of Love and Laughter (Hardcover): Henry, MD" Miller Nights of Love and Laughter (Hardcover)
Henry, MD" Miller; Introduction by Kenneth Rexroth
R962 Discovery Miles 9 620 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The New British Poets - An Anthology (Paperback): Kenneth Rexroth The New British Poets - An Anthology (Paperback)
Kenneth Rexroth
R941 Discovery Miles 9 410 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Homestead Called Damascus - Quarterly Review of Literature, V9, No. 2 (Hardcover): Kenneth Rexroth The Homestead Called Damascus - Quarterly Review of Literature, V9, No. 2 (Hardcover)
Kenneth Rexroth
R833 Discovery Miles 8 330 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Includes Notes Toward An Understanding Of Kenneth Rexroth With Special Attention To The Homestead Called Damascus.

The Signatures of All Things - Poems, Songs, Elegies, Translations and Epigrams (Hardcover): Kenneth Rexroth The Signatures of All Things - Poems, Songs, Elegies, Translations and Epigrams (Hardcover)
Kenneth Rexroth
R887 Discovery Miles 8 870 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
One Hundred Poems From The Japanese (Paperback): Kenneth Rexroth One Hundred Poems From The Japanese (Paperback)
Kenneth Rexroth
R680 Discovery Miles 6 800 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
One Hundred Poems From The Chinese (Hardcover): Kenneth Rexroth One Hundred Poems From The Chinese (Hardcover)
Kenneth Rexroth
R997 Discovery Miles 9 970 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Thirty Spanish Poems of Love and Exile - The Pocket Poets Series, No. 2 (Hardcover): Raphael Alberti, Mariano Brull Thirty Spanish Poems of Love and Exile - The Pocket Poets Series, No. 2 (Hardcover)
Raphael Alberti, Mariano Brull; Edited by Kenneth Rexroth
R873 Discovery Miles 8 730 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Additional Authors Include Nicolas Guillen, Pablo Neruda, Arturo Serrano Plaja, Federico Garcia Lorca And Antonio Machado.

One Hundred Poems From The Japanese (Hardcover): Kenneth Rexroth One Hundred Poems From The Japanese (Hardcover)
Kenneth Rexroth
R994 Discovery Miles 9 940 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Holy Kabbalah - A Mystical Interpretation of the Scriptures (Paperback, New ed): Arthur Edward Waite The Holy Kabbalah - A Mystical Interpretation of the Scriptures (Paperback, New ed)
Arthur Edward Waite; From an idea by Kenneth Rexroth
R810 R736 Discovery Miles 7 360 Save R74 (9%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Kabbalah is the "occult" and "secret" tradition in Judaism. One of the most ancient wisdoms, its origins go far back into the distant past.

The Holy Kabbalah is a fascinating introduction to this world of mystery. Arthur Edward Waite was one of the few persons in the modern era to write a sensible and penetrating study of Kabbalah. Contemporary of such occultists as Eliphas Levi, Mme. Blavatsky, and Annie Besant, Waite unraveled the history and traditions of what generations have whispered about as Hebrew witchcraft. The very term Kabbalah was enough to strike fear into the heart of an orthodox believer.

In his introduction Kenneth Rexroth writes: "Kabbalism is the great poem of Judaism, a tree of symbolic jewels showing forth the doctrine of the universe as the vesture of Deity, of the community as the embodiment of Deity, and of love as the acting of God in man. Nobody knew this better than A. E. Waite."

No mataras - Un memorial para Dylan Thomas - Chapbook #2 (Spanish, Paperback): Juan Arabia No mataras - Un memorial para Dylan Thomas - Chapbook #2 (Spanish, Paperback)
Juan Arabia; Kenneth Rexroth
R306 Discovery Miles 3 060 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
More Classics Revisited (Paperback, Rev ed): Kenneth Rexroth More Classics Revisited (Paperback, Rev ed)
Kenneth Rexroth; Edited by Bradford Morrow
R437 R385 Discovery Miles 3 850 Save R52 (12%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Rexroth, More Classics Revisited. the second volume of Rexroth's Classics essays.

Classics Revisited (Paperback): Kenneth Rexroth Classics Revisited (Paperback)
Kenneth Rexroth
R443 R392 Discovery Miles 3 920 Save R51 (12%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Poet, translator, essayist, and voracious reader--Kenneth Rexroth was an omnivore in the fields of literature. The brief, radiant essays of Classics Revisited discuss sixty key books that are, for Rexroth, "basic documents in the history of the imagination." Ranging from The Epic of Gilgamesh to Huckleberry Finn, these pieces (each about five pages long) originally appeared in the Saturday Review. Distinguished by Rexroth's plain, wide-awake style, Classics Revisited presents complex ideas in simple language, energized by the author's air of talking eye-to-eye with his reader. Elastic, at home in several languages, Rexroth is not bound by East or West; he leaps nimbly from Homer to The Mahabharata, from Lady Murasaki to Stendhal. It is only when we pause for breath that we notice his special affinities: for Casanova, lzaak Walton, Macbeth, Icelandic sagas, classical Japanese poetry. He has read everything. In Sterne, he sees traces of the Buddha; in Fielding, hints of Confucius. "Life may not be optimistic," Rexroth maintains in his introduction, "but it certainly is comic, and the greatest literature presents man wearing the two conventional masks; the grinning and the weeping faces that decorate theatre prosceniums. What is the face behind the mask? Just a human face--yours or mine. That is the irony of it all--the irony that distinguishes great literature--it is all so ordinary."

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