Spontaneous Particulars: The Telepathy of Archives

Spontaneous Particulars: The Telepathy of Archives

Great American writersâ€”William Carlos Williams, Jonathan Edwards, Emily Dickinson, Noah Webster, Hart Crane, Wallace Stevens, Henry James â€” all in the physicality of their archival manuscripts (reproduced in beautiful facsimiles here) â€” are the presiding spirits ofSpontaneous Particulars: Telepathy of Archives. Also woven into Susan Howeâ€™s newest book are beautiful photographs of embroideries and textiles from anonymous craftspeople. All the archived materials are links, discoveries, chance encounters, the visual and acoustic shocks of rooting around amid physical archives. These are the telepathies the bibliomaniacal poet relishes. Rummaging in the archives she finds â€œa deposit of a future yet to come, gathered and guarded...a literal and mythical sense of life hereafterâ€”you permit yourself libertiesâ€”in the first placeâ€”happiness.â€ Digital scholarship may offer much for scholars, but Susan Howe loves the materiality of research in real archives and calls her Spontaneous Particulars â€œa collaged swan song to the old ways.â€
Country USA
Brand New Directions Publishing Corporation
Manufacturer New Directions / Christine Burgin
Binding Hardcover
ItemPartNumber 9780811223751
ReleaseDate 2014-10-14
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780811223751

Country	USA
Brand	New Directions Publishing Corporation
Manufacturer	New Directions / Christine Burgin
Binding	Hardcover
ItemPartNumber	9780811223751
ReleaseDate	2014-10-14
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780811223751

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