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The Hideous Hidden

By Sylvia , Legris

Book information

Publisher
New Directions Paperbook Original
Year
2016
ISBN
9780811225373, 0811225372
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
592 kB (606075 bytes)
Edition
First edition
Pages
114 pages ; 21 cm\0
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
Canadian poetry;Canadian poetry--21st century;Poet

Description

"Sylvia Legris probes and peels, carves and cleaves, amputates and dissects, to reveal the poetic potential of human and animal anatomy. Starting with the Greek writings of Hippocrates and the Latin language of medicine, and drawing from Leonardo da Vinci{u2019}s Anatomical Manuscripts, the dermatologist Robert Willan{u2019}s On Cutaneous Diseases (1808), and Baudelaire{u2019}s The Flowers of Evil, Legris infuses each poem with unique rhythms that roll off the tongue. The Hideous Hidden boldly celebrates anatomy{u2019}s wonders: 'Renounce the vestibule of non-vital vitals. / Confess the gallbladder, / the glandular wallflowers, / the objectionable oblong spleen.'"--Provided by publisher.

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