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Counterpoint (2000), Edition: First Edition, Paperback, 640 pages
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"This collection gathers the essays, travel journals, letters, poems, and translations of one of the influential voices of the twentieth century." "Gary Snyder has been a cultural force in America for five decades - prizewinning poet, environmental activist, Zen Buddhist, earth-householder, and reluctant counterculture guru. Having expanded far beyond the Beat scene that first brought his work to the public ear and eye, Snyder has produced a broad-ranging body of work that encompasses his fluency in Eastern literature and culture, his commitment to the environment, and his concepts of humanity's place in the cosmos."--BOOK JACKET.
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LibraryThing member dbsovereign
Snyder is a great poet and this is a wonderful compendium of his work. I am currently re-reading the portions of his work I've read before and enjoying the portions that are new to me. From one of his essays: "Monogamy and patrilineal descent may well be great obstructions to the inner changes
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required for a people to truly live by 'communism.'" Show Less
LibraryThing member dasam
Snyder's Best of Collection
An excellent selection of the prose and poetry of Gary Snyder, this collection reveals the development of his spritual, ecological and poetical thinking. Throughout is a faith in the unity of all being. Some of the journal entries drag a bit and may be skipped; but if you
An excellent selection of the prose and poetry of Gary Snyder, this collection reveals the development of his spritual, ecological and poetical thinking. Throughout is a faith in the unity of all being. Some of the journal entries drag a bit and may be skipped; but if you
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are a student of Snyder, read the whole volume. Show Less
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640 p.; 5.98 inches
ISBN
1582430799 / 9781582430799