The Journal of Albion Moonlight (New Directions Paperbook) - Softcover

Patchen, K

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9780811201445: The Journal of Albion Moonlight (New Directions Paperbook)

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ISBN 10: 0811201449 ISBN 13: 9780811201445

Publisher: New Directions, 1961

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Like Camus, Kenneth Patchen is anti-cool, anti-hip, anti-beat.

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This novel is quite possibly the book that made the biggest impression on me, ever. --Michael Berger

The Journal of Albion Moonlight is a work of unmistakable genius; in all of English literature it stands alone. Albion Moonlight is the most naked figure of a man I have encountered in all literature. --Henry Miller

With this particular book I attribute some degree of salvation. Let's get one thing straight: I'm not trying to tell you this is a great book. I'm not sure there is such a thing, and if there is, I'm not sure I'd argue this is one of them. But I am saying it's a pivotal book--both for me, and, in a way, for you. --J.C. Hallman

About the Author:

Kenneth Patchen (1911-1972) was one of the most prolific American poets of his time. He was born in Niles, Ohio. He attended school at the University of Madison-Wisconsin where he met his wife, Miriam Oikemus. They moved to Greenwich Village and befriended many writers including E.E. Cummings, Anais Nin, and Henry Miller. An accident occurred after his first publication that would eventually leave him an invalid. He and his wife later moved to San Francisco during the early years of the Beat Movement. Many Beat poets would cite Patchen as a major influence. His "experimental protests" in poetry, painting, and prose remain unprecedented. Aside from his many books of poetry, his acclaimed novels, and his concrete visual works, Kenneth Patchen also collaborated with John Cage for the radio-play The City Wears a Slouch Hat, and worked with Charles Mingus developing jazz poetry. Patchen was an unwavering pacifist and many of his works have a political bent. Patchen was the first recipient of an NEA Literary Grant in 1967.

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