The Fabulous Beasts: Poems (First Edition)

Joyce Carol Oates (author); A.G. Smith, Jr. (illustrator)

ISBN 10: 0807101532 / ISBN 13: 9780807101537

Published by Louisiana State University Press, Baton Rouge, 1975

About this Item

Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, 1975. First edition. First printing. A fine copy in a near-fine jacket. A clean copy in an unclipped jacket. Comes with archival-quality jacket protector. Note: Faint foxing on top edge of an otherwise fine copy. Jacket has a few closed tears, and light fading to extremities (as pictured). Beautifully illustrated by A.G. Smith, Jr. Literature-O. Seller Inventory # FLAHIVE-3389

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Fabulous Beasts: Poems (First Edition)

Publisher: Louisiana State University Press, Baton Rouge

Publication Date: 1975

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine

Edition: 1st Edition, Illustrated Edition

About this title

Synopsis:

This collection of fifty-two poems from the author of Angel Fire and Anonymous Sins explores the annihilation of the time-bound ego, a liberating, sometimes terrifying experience for all who live within the "fabulous beast" of history and nature. The poems explore the shifting, elusive point at which the inwardness of individual experience touches upon the larger consciousness of a species or an era, forming a connection with a "self" that goes beyond subjectivity. The poems are grouped into four parts: "Broken Connections," "Forbidden Testimonies," "The Child-Martyr" and "A Posthumous Sketch," are prose poems which, though technically different from the others, are concerned with the same theme-the relationship between the individual and a larger, all-inclusive whole. Neither fatalistic nor rebellious, the poems convey the idea that as long as we live in time we must struggle, and that is this struggle that determines our humanity.

About the Author:

Joyce Carol Oates is the author of four books of poems and numerous works of fiction and nonfiction. Her most recent books include The Poisoned Kiss, The Seduction and Other Stories, and The Assassins. Her novel Them won the National Book Award in 1970.