Tape for the Turn of the Year - by A R Ammons (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>"This is the most surprising formal invention of a major innovator, is the fullest vision Ammons gives us of his enormous creative enterprise. Among the major descendents of Whitman's <em>Song of Myself</em>, <em>Tape</em> occupies an essential imaginative space, showing us much about what is essential in the American poetic imagination." --Harold Bloom<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>In the form of a journal covering the period December 6, 1963, through January 10, 1964, A. R. Ammons's long, thin poem was written on a roll of adding-machine tape, then transferred foot by foot to manuscript. He chose this method as a serious experiment in making a poem adapt to something outside itself. The tape determined both the length of the poem's lines and when it ends. <em>Tape for the Turn of the Year</em> is a poem of infinite variety, blessed by the rich resources of one of this century's greatest poets. By turns witty, serious, lyrical, and meditative, it is at once a superbly entertaining book and a significant literary achievement.<p/><br></br><p><b> From the Back Cover </b></p></br></br>'Tape for the Turn of the Year' is a poem of infinite variety, blessed by the rich resources of one of this century's greatest poets. By turns witty, serious, lyrical, and meditative, it is at once a superbly entertaining book and a significant literary achievement.
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