The Invention of the Kaleidoscope
Download or Read eBook The Invention of the Kaleidoscope PDF written by Paisley Rekdal and published by University of Pittsburgh Press. This book was released on 2007-02-25 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle.
| Author | : Paisley Rekdal |
| Publisher | : University of Pittsburgh Press |
| Total Pages | : 90 |
| Release | : 2007-02-25 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9780822990833 |
| ISBN-13 | : 0822990830 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (33 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis The Invention of the Kaleidoscope by : Paisley Rekdal
Book excerpt: The Invention of the Kaleidoscope is a book of poetic elegies that discuss failures: failures of love, both sexual and spiritual; failures of the body; failures of science, art and technology; failures of nature, imagination, memory and, most importantly, the failures inherent to elegiac narratives and our formal attempt to memoralize the lost. But the book also explores the necessity of such narratives, as well as the creative possibilities implicit within the “failed elegy,” all while examining the various ways that self-destruction can turn into self-preservation.
