1994, ISBN: 9781890771645

A comprehensive collection of a twentieth-century American literary master William Everson (1912-1994), aka Brother Antoninus, was a poet, monk, letterpress printer, and a quintessential … More...

A comprehensive collection of a twentieth-century American literary master William Everson (1912-1994), aka Brother Antoninus, was a poet, monk, letterpress printer, and a quintessential Californian. Originally from the San Joaquin Valley, Everson was part of the Beat poet movement in San Francisco during the 1950s; among his peers were Robert Duncan, Kenneth Rexroth, Robert Creeley, and Denise Levertov. Everson wrote about nature, religion, spiritual exploration, eroticism, sex, and poetry. He gained great notoriety for his public poetry readings, where he projected great presence and veracity. Charismatic, Everson was a great inspiration to others, especially to those who appreciated the integration of poetry and printing. During the course of his life, his beliefs took many forms. He was an agnostic, a pantheist, a conscientious objector, an anarchist-pacifist Catholic Worker, a Dominican friar, and a moral force of the coastal mountains north of Santa Cruz, California. Dark God of Eros: A William Everson Reader collects Everson's most significant poems from the mid-1930s through the 1990s--including poems from The Crooked Lines of God, The Residual Years, The Veritable Years, and The Integral Years. Also included are autobiographical writings (including letters to Lawrence Clark Powell and text from Prodigious Thrust), a section on Everson and Robinson Jeffers, his essays on poetry and poetics, portfolio items from his handpress, interviews, letters, and photographs. This carefully chosen selection highlighting the range of Everson's work will help readers better understand the life and many transformations of one of California's most fascinating and elusive bards. Dark God of Eros: A William Everson Reader Gelpi, Albert / Everson, William, Heyday Books<

1969, ISBN: 1890771643

William Everson, aka brother Antoninus, was a poet, Dominican Friar, letterpress printer, and quintessential Californian. Originally from the San Joaquin Valley, Everson was part of the B… More...

William Everson, aka brother Antoninus, was a poet, Dominican Friar, letterpress printer, and quintessential Californian. Originally from the San Joaquin Valley, Everson was part of the Beat poetry movement in San Francisco during the 1950s and was closely tied to Robert Duncan, Kenneth Rexroth, Robert Creeley, and Denise Levertov. A critically acclaimed visionary poet, he was also an important and challenging theologian of his time, as well as being a highly acclaimed printer and book designer of great originality. Dark God of Eros: A William Everson Reader, offers, for the first time, in a single volume, the most comprehensive retrospective view of the life and work of William Everson. The book offers a vast selection of poetry and autobiographical writing, as well as essays and interviews: it explores the great influence of poet Robinson Jeffers in Everson's own writing and life; it highlights essays on poetry and poetics, including a discussion of what it means to be a poet; commentary on Everson's poetry by ten contemporary poets, along with portfolio items from Everson's hand press. Everson was a poet with a deeply religious vision of life whose evolution from agnosticism to Catholicism eventually culminated in a 20-year commitment as a Dominican lay brother from 1951 to 1969. Theology would shape his poetry and his conception of the poet's role and function, as well as his exploration of ''erotic mysticism,'' for much of his prose is infused with themes of anthologies,classics,history and criticism,literature and fiction,movements and periods,poetry,single authors Poetry, Heyday<

2003, ISBN: 1890771643

[EAN: 9781890771645], Tweedehands, zeer goed, [SC: 63.45], [PU: Brand: Heyday], Pages are intact and are not marred by notes or highlighting, but may contain a neat previous owner name. T… More...

[EAN: 9781890771645], Tweedehands, zeer goed, [SC: 63.45], [PU: Brand: Heyday], Pages are intact and are not marred by notes or highlighting, but may contain a neat previous owner name. The spine remains undamaged.<

2003, ISBN: 1890771643

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[EAN: 9781890771645], Near Fine, [SC: 14.09], [PU: Heyday Books], POETRY, 240mm. pp xxxvii, 403. Previous owner's name on half-title page

ISBN: 9781890771645

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