Description: What Shall We Do Without Us? The Voice and Vision of Kenneth Patchen ISBN 0-87156-818-7 This softcover version published in 1984 by Yolla Bolly Press Vividly colored, surrealistic, vibrating with unashamed emotion, humorous, and outrageous- the picture poems of Kenneth Patchen are the unique creation of one of the twentieth century's most inventive writers and artists. Here is the first majorfull-color collection of Patchen's paintings, which unite his energetic poetry with a brilliant tapestry of form and color. The contemporary equivalent of illuminated manuscripts, these extraordinary works express fury at injustice and at the same time celebrate the integrity of life and the planet that supports it. The picture poems crowned Patchen's long and varied career, displaying a wild profusion of media, including tempera, watercolors, inks, glues, dyes, cloth, string, crayons, construction paper, and other elements. The San Francisco Chronicle called him "probably the most sophisticated primitive painter in the history of American art." With the paintings is an afterword by Patchen's friend and publisher of New Directions, James Laughlin. Although Patchen suffered most of his adult life from an incurable spinal injury, he wrote more than fifty volumes of poetry and prose and created hundreds of picture poems and paintings before his death in California in 1972. "Patchen stands out, a herald of peace and truth, endowed with invincible heart and integrity. No one can read him without being influenced in his own life and work." "There is more verve and more variety in Patchen's work than in any other living American's entire output. No more ringing protests and no more passionate love poems have been written in our time. "Patchen is a writer of superb daring and invention, the author of a few passages which are comparable to the most intuitively beautiful writing ever done. —TAMES DICKEY "Kenneth Patchen speaks in a singularly powerful voice. It behooves us to listen to his every word, pore over his every compelling drawing."—HERB CAEN All sales final. Visit our other listings for more vintage books. Message us for combined shipping.
Price: 45 USD
Location: New Rochelle, New York
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Binding: Softcover, Wraps
Language: English
Illustrator: Kenneth Patchen
Region: North America
Publisher: Yolla Bolly Press
Topic: Poetry
Subject: Art And Poetry
Year Printed: 1984
