Point and Line (New Directions Paperbook) - Softcover

Field, Thalia

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0811214427 ISBN 13: 9780811214421

Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation, 2000

Synopsis

The new book spanning the genres of poetry, fiction, and theater, by the highly-acclaimed Thalia Field. The wonderful writings in Thalia Field's long-awaited new book Point and Line deny categorization, they are "nicheless." Perhaps describable as "epic poetries," these riveting pieces represent a confluence of genres in which Thalia Field has been involved over the course of her career: fiction, theater, and poetry. Written from a constructivist, post-genre sensibility, they elude classification, and present the author's concern with clarity in a world that resists it. For instance, in "Hours" and "Setting, the Table," Field uses indeterminate performance techniques to emphasize the categorical/conceptual nature of thought. Other pieces use generative schemes, portraits of mental shapes, which create meaning out of noise. Visually, each chapter is captivating, showing the author's need for shapes and colors in her work, her fascination with the contours of speech.

About this title

About the Author

Thalia Field is Adele Kellenberg Seaver Professor of Creative Writing at Brown University. Her most recent novel is Experimental Animals (A Reality Fiction) from Solid Objects Press. Her three New Directions books are Point and Line (2000), Incarnate: Story Material (2004), and Bird Lovers, Backyard (2010).

Edition details

• Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation
• Publication date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0811214427
• ISBN 13: 9780811214421
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 144