Genius Loci Paperback - 2005
by Deming, Alison Hawthorne
- Used
- near fine
- Paperback
- first
From a poet and essayist whose writing about nature has won her comparisons with Gary Snyder and Terry Tempest Williams comes a new collection that offers further evidence of her ability to trace the intersections of the human and nonhuman worlds. The title poem is a lyrical excavation of the city of Prague, where layers of history, culture and nature have accumulated to form 'a genius loci' a guardian spirit.
From 'Genius Loci'
Return to a place where nothing in particular can be seen
to explain why you return, nothing you can name,
though you can touch the memory of the landscape
linden trees in a hedgerow, cut wheatfield, ruins of the
longhouse,
rolling meadow of sunflowers blooming, the musk of
their oil,
contained heat.
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Details
- Title Genius Loci
- Author Deming, Alison Hawthorne
- Binding Paperback
- Edition First Edition
- Condition Used - Near Fine
- Pages 112
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Penguin, New York
- Date 2005
- Bookseller's Inventory # 94862
- ISBN 9780143035206 / 0143035207
- Weight 0.29 lbs (0.13 kg)
- Dimensions 9 x 5.97 x 0.34 in (22.86 x 15.16 x 0.86 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2004065313
- Dewey Decimal Code 811.54
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Summary
From a poet and essayist whose writing about nature has won her comparisons with Gary Snyder and Terry Tempest Williams comes a new collection that offers further evidence of her ability to trace the intersections of the human and nonhuman worlds. The title poem is a lyrical excavation of the city of Prague, where layers of history, culture and nature have accumulated to form “a genius loci”—a guardian spirit.
