The Journal of Albion Moonlight

Author:   Kenneth Patchen
Publisher:   New Directions Publishing Corporation
ISBN:  

9780811222051


Pages:   320
Publication Date:   21 March 2017
Format:   Paperback
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"Inspired by one of the finest lyrics in the English language, the anonymous, pre-Shakespearean ""Tom o'Bedlam"" (""By a knight of ghosts and shadows / I summoned am to tourney / Ten leagues beyond the wide world's end / Methinks it is no journey?""), Kenneth Patchen sets off on an allegorical journey to the furthest limits of love and murder, madness and sex. While on this disordered pilgrimage to H. Roivas (Heavenly Savior), various characters offer deranged responses, conveying an otherworldly, imaginative madness. A chronicle of violent fury and compassion, written when Surrealism was still vigorous and doing battle with psychotic ""reality,""?The Journal of Albion Moonlight?is an American monument to engagement."

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Author:   Kenneth Patchen
Publisher:   New Directions Publishing Corporation
Imprint:   New Directions Publishing Corporation
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 23.10cm
Weight:   0.386kg
ISBN:  

9780811222051


ISBN 10:   0811222055
Pages:   320
Publication Date:   21 March 2017
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock   Availability explained
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This novel is quite possibly the book that made the biggest impression on me, ever. -- Michael Berger - The Rumpus 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 - Tin House 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


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


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


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"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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