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by: Hilda Doolittle (H.D.)
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 801.92
EAN: 9780872861411
ISBN: 0872861414
Label: City Lights Publishers
Manufacturer: City Lights Publishers
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 88
Publication Date: January 01, 2001
Publisher: City Lights Publishers
Sales Rank: 535711
Studio: City Lights Publishers
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Notes on Thought and Vision by Imagist poet H.D. (Hilda Doolittle) is an aphoristic meditation on how one works toward an ideal body-mind synthesis; a contemplation of the sources of imagination and the creative process; and a study of gender differences H.D. believed to be inherent in women's and men's consciousness. Here, too, is The Wise Sappho, a lyrical tribute to the great poet of Lesbos, for whom H.D. felt deep personal kinship.
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Rating: - H.D. being H.D.
I have a love/hate relationship with H.D. - I lack her enthusiasm for Greek and Egyptian mythology (I'd rather move a bit further to the Southeast) but I appreciate what she does with the mythology. Thus I am never quite sure to what audience I can recommend her.
The second piece in this book, "The Wise Sappho" is a meditation on the poetry of Sappho - a poetic meditation. If you have read Sappho, this is a must read piece as both Sappho and H.D. are talismen of the feminist strand ... Read More
Rating: - Delicate, Not Brittle by Padma J. Thornlyre
At her best, H.D. (Hilda Doolittle) is a poet. Her novels all display a poet's sense of immediacy, but are sometimes confusing for their interior "scapes" which are frequently all too fluid. Her poetry, however, directs the "flow" deliberately and masterfully. "Notes on Thought and Vision" is a rare example (like Nikos Kazantzakis's "The Saviors of God") wherein the distinction between poetry and prose evaporates. These "Notes" are intimate and compelling, watery and feminine, mystical and yet (strangely) ... Read More
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