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Zusatztext Gordon Lish Only death could exhibit the cheek to think it had the reach to get a grip all the way around James Dickey. Life gave up! reckoning it would never have the arms for it. In any event! James Dickey is not dead! and shall not be! as this book notifies us! sampling by sampling. Indeed! the thing that beats in him -- the heart of none other than the unrepeatable man -- must make the gods puny and afraid. Informationen zum Autor James Dickey published fifteen books of poetry, four collections of essays, four coffee-table books, three novels, and one screenplay. His book of poetry Buckdancer's Choice received the National Book Award, the Poetry Society of America's Melville Cane Award, and an award from the National Institute of Arts and Letters. His bestselling first novel, Deliverance, was made into a movie. He was a member of the National Institute of Arts and Letters and the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters, and was Poet-in-Residence and First Carolina Professor of English at the University of South Carolina from 1969 until his death in 1997. Klappentext This collection of James Dickey's poems and prose includes choice selections of the author's poetry, fiction, and essays, as well as some early unpublished poetry and excerpts from his unfinished novel Crux. Organized chronologically by genre, this is the definitive collection of works by one of the twentieth century's most important talents. Zusammenfassung This collection of James Dickey's poems and prose includes choice selections of the author's poetry! fiction! and essays! as well as some early unpublished poetry and excerpts from his unfinished novel Crux. Organized chronologically by genre! this is the definitive collection of works by one of the twentieth century's most important talents. Inhaltsverzeichnis ContentsIntroductionPoetryIntroductionFrom Into the StoneThe Vegetable KingThe PerformanceThe OtherWalking on WaterInto the StoneFrom Drowning with OthersThe LifeguardThe Heaven of AnimalsA BirthFog Envelops the AnimalsBetween Two PrisonersHunting Civil War Relics at Nimblewill CreekThe Hospital WindowFrom HelmetsAt Darien BridgeChenilleSpringer MountainCherrylog RoadThe Scarred GirlFrom Buckdancer's ChoiceThe FirebombingBuckdancer's ChoicePursuit from UnderSled Burial, Dream CeremonyThe FiendFrom Falling, May Day Sermon, and Other PoemsFallingThe Sheep ChildPower and LightAdulteryEncounter in the Cage CountryMay Day Sermon to the Women of Gilmer County, Georgia, by a Woman Preacher Leaving the Baptist ChurchFrom The Eye-Beaters, Blood, Victory, Madness, Buckhead and MercyThe Eye-BeatersFrom The ZodiacThe Zodiac (Section I, excerpt; Section XII)From The Strength of FieldsThe Strength of FieldsThe Voyage of the NeedleFrom PuellaDeborah Burning a Doll Made of House-woodDeborah and Deirdre as Drunk Bridesmaids Foot-racing at DaybreakFrom The Eagle's MileDaughterThe OlympianFor a Time and PlaceEarly PoemsThe Shark at the WindowJoel Cahill DeadThe Wish to Be Buried Where One Has Made LoveThe Wheelchair DrunkReading Genesis to a Blind ChildFictionFrom Deliverance"September 15th" (excerpt)From AlnilamFrank Cahill's Journey to Peckover Army Air Corps Base (excerpt)Peckover Graduation Ceremony (excerpt)From To the White SeaThe Firebombing of Tokyo (excerpt)Muldrow's First Murder (excerpt)From Crux (unpublished novel)Journey to WarCriticismFrom Babel to Byzantium: Poets & Poetry NowBarnstorming for PoetryNotes on the Decline of OutrageRobert FrostMarianne MooreFrom SortiesThe Self as AgentMetaphor as Pure AdventureSpinning the Crystal BallThe Greatest American Poet: RoethkeFrom Night HurdlingThe Water-Bug's Mittens: Ezra Pound: What We Can UseThe G.I. Can of Beets, the Fox in the Wave, and the Hammers over Open GroundBare Bones: Afterword to a FilmChronology...
