From Nothing

Tobin, Daniel

ISBN 10: 1935536699 / ISBN 13: 9781935536697

Published by Four Way Books, 2016

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Tribeca. 2016. March 2016. Four Way Books. 1st American Edition. Very Good in Wrappers. 9781935536697. 6 x 9. 64 pages. paperback. keywords: American Literature Poetry. DESCRIPTION - From Nothing, a book-length poem in sections, explores the conflicted and exemplary life of Belgian physicist and priest Georges Lemaître, known as the father of the Big Bang, and his life's profound implications, through what John Barth called the principle of metaphoric means: the writer's investiture in as many aspects of the text as possible with emblematic significance. Though associative and multivalent in its orchestration, From Nothing weaves its frequencies into a resonant whole. Tobin brings his learning and astounding imaginative powers to bear on such central questions as the origin and end of the universe. and the intractable mystery of time. This is a memorable, tragic and moving book that should be read by everyone who wonders how we got here. . - Alan Shapiro. inventory #42778.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: From Nothing
• Publisher: Four Way Books
• Publication Date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1935536699
• ISBN 13: 9781935536697
• Binding: paperback
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Very Good in Wrappers
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket

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Synopsis

From Nothing, a book-length poem in 33 sections, explores the conflicted and exemplary life of Belgian physicist and priest Georges Lemaître, known as “the father of the Big Bang,” and his life’s profound implications, through what John Barth called the principle of metaphoric means: “the writer’s investiture in as many aspects of the text as possible with emblematic significance.” Though associative and even multivalent in its orchestration, From Nothing weaves its many frequencies into a resonant whole.

About the Author

DANIEL TOBIN is the author of seven books of poems, the critical studies Passage to the Center: Imagination and the Sacred in the Poetry of Seamus Heaney and Awake in America, as well as the editor of The Book of Irish American Poetry from the Eighteenth Century to the Present, Light in Hand: The Selected Early Poems and Lola Ridge, and Poet's Work, Poet's Play: Essays on the Practice and the Art. His awards include the "The Discovery/The Nation Award," The Robert Penn Warren Award, the Robert Frost Fellowship, the Katherine Bakeless Nason Prize, and fellowships in poetry from the National Endowment for the Arts and the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation.