(New York, NY, U.S.A.), About this Item: for Richard Royston], [London, 1648. Howe, Susan. [British Museum Catalog denotes 1st edition) Details: Collation complete with all pages: [12], 120, 459 o Vol. All leaves appear to be present, though not bound with original flyleaves. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. Bernard Quaritch Ltd, London, first edition, 1950 Gauden, John, 1605-1662. Eikon Basilike. Pages contain marginal notes, underlining, and or highlighting. | Contact this seller Free Shipping Worldwide. Riverrun Books & Manuscripts, ABAA Many poets wish to awake the reader´s consciousness provoking their reaction against certain events they wish to denounce through their works. Several possible interpretations could appear that are not written in the text. Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. Condition: Good. A few hours after the King's execution, his Eikon Basilike was in the hands of the people. (2006) Cultural Identity and Postmodern Writing. First Edition. With the purpose of easing that task, we have gathered several strategies that could be applied to the analysis of contemporary poetry. Very Safe. Hard Cover. The poet also provokes disruptions and interruptions in the text, but at the formal level. Engr series title-page & title-page vignette portrait. First edition. 8vo First edition, third issue (with pagination of sheet "G" corrected). 10. First Edition. Now, the poem is addressed to a vast and heterogeneous audience that decides which level of implication (deep or superficial) they wish to take to approach the poetic work. (Haverfordwest, United Kingdom), About this Item: Hardcover. This reader could also look at the lines and feel some interest in the visual aspect they provide to the poem as they seem to follow like a cascade, to a certain extent imitating the ax that cut the king´s head. limited edition. in Susan Howe’s Eikon Basilike ‘I came to words through other visual artists’, saysSusan Howein an inter-view, ‘I just took years of moving around the edges of what was present for words to penetrate my sight’. The "Eikon Basilike: the Portraiture of his Sacred Majestie in His Solitudes and Sufferings" was written in 1648-9 and was long attributed to King Charles I : the Cambridge History of English literature observes that "It is almost impossible to resist his claim to the authorship", also noting that "Few books have had greater influence in English history". Condition: Near Fine. In Xochitl In Cuicatl: Poets Nezahualcoyotl and Humberto Ak’abal, Visionary Markings: Em Dashes and Ellipses in Walt Whitman’s “Talbot Wilson” Notebook, Historical Punctum: Reading Natasha Trethewey’s Bellocq’s Ophelia and Native Guard Through the Lens of Roland Barthes’s Camera Lucida, Visual poems from 23 Bodhisattvas by Chris Stephenson, Panic In The Rear-View Mirror: Exploring The Work of Richard Siken and Ann Gale. Published by Minor toning, wrinkling and soiling to the jacket. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Physical description; pp. To which is added, AN ORIGINAL LETTER TO MILTON, never before published. (6), 302, (6). First edition. Howe Susan. The problem is the reader is not in the writer´s mind and feels there are certain poetic works that are terrible opaque and impossible to decipher. PART 1:Eikon basilike:, or the picture of the late King James drawn to the life. Hardcover. (1990) The Europe of Trusts. Front joint lightly cracked. | Contact this seller First Thus Edition. Written in simple, direct, and moving language, it quickly ran through some 47 editions and was translated into several languages. [British Museum Catalog denotes 1st edition). Lacks the portrait. London : Printed for Joseph Hindmarsh, 1693. First edition, one of 1000 copies. Now rebound in an early to mid-20th century quarter cloth binding, with green floral endpapers, and the binders emblems of the torch press bookshop, IOWA, and John Howell, Importer, San Francisco. Published by And this is just one of the multiple interpretations we could obtain from just a fragmented poem like this. The selection of terms would depend on the reader. Rovira, James, ed. Collage is also a way of mixing disciplines. What relationship exists among, for example, “Values in a discourse,” “Would have no money no private property no markets,” and “Utopian communism comes in pieces while the narrative wanders” is a great unknown the reader has to solve. Armorial Seldon bookplate. The presentation of all these new ideas brings into the scene the defamiliarization of the old forms. E286B. The Portraiture of His Sacred Majesty in His Solitude and Sufferings. (Stroud, United Kingdom), About this Item: Published by Elliot Stock, London, 1880. , xlii, [6], 227 pages, folding frontispiece First Edition thus , light foxing to boards, endpapers tanned, occasional light foxing to pages, very good condition , vellum, red ruled borders, black titles to front and spine, full red edges , octavo, 29 cm x 13 cm Hardback ISBN: Seller Inventory # 76897. But most of them break with traditional patterns to present these thematic lines which implies many readers consider this poetry unreadable and chaotic. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press. Tübingen: Gunter Narr. By Susan Howe About this Poet One of the preeminent poets of her generation, Susan Howe is known for innovative verse that crosses genres and disciplines in its theoretical underpinnings and approach to … Specifically, we can mention three specific representative groups within contemporary poetry that reflect the general view. By Susan Howe. In the following poem, we have an example of how this technique works. 14. See: Francis F. Madan, A New Bibliography of the Eikon Basilike, page 112, No 133 and page 191 image 28. (1880), From: Alexander Moring, Ltd., 1904. By Susan Howe. The reader would center their attention on the way poetry interrupts the prose sections. A Bibliography Of The King's Book Or, Eikon Basilike Hardcover – December 1, 1989 by Susan Howe (Author) See all formats and editions Hide other formats and editions. By Susan Howe. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First edition. There is a slight bump to the upper outside corners of the book with matching marks to the dustwrapper; some additional faint shelfwear to the dustjacket, otherwise fine. First edition. Light wear to extremities; a few occasional pale stains, lacks terminal blank, generally fresh. Reprint of the Editon of 1648, a facsimile of the original frontispiece, with an introduction throwing light upon the authorship of the work. On this occasion, the poem appears preceded by the letter “C,” and curiously, in the book it is included, there is a section entitled “Book of Cordelia,” so the “C” could be the first clue to know what it is about. Moreover, writers are confronted with a great dilemma: how to express themselves, how to be creative but not being rejected because of being too much opaque or confusing to be understood? The third one, the “rebellious” reader, is a figure we find quite frequently in contemporary poetry. In a tribute to tradition, the following poem is located in the center of the page, but its presentation has nothing to do with all forms. 4. Hardcover. Published by Paradigm Press, Providence (1989) Used. Hardcover. We are not going to classify these works into a specific group or category because we are conscious of the difficulty to trace unique common elements in such a heterogeneous group of artists. 1 vols. "It is now generally accepted that John Gauden, an Anglican cleric, wrote the tract but based his work on material composed by Charles I. Can't remember the title or the author of a book? She has also published several articles on Howe´s work such as "Innovation and Tradition: Susan Howe and the Difficulty of Printing Art in Printed Form," "Una proyección literaria en clave histórica de la América colonial," "Representaciones de la figura de Carlos I de Inglaterra en la Literatura Contemporánea: Teatralidad y Santidad," or "La Búsqueda de la identidad en la literatura contemporánea: el ejemplo de Susan Howe.” She has also participated in different literary congress around Europe (Dublin, Vienna, London, Lisbon, Oporto, Aalborg, Valladolid, etc.). In which is made manifest, that the whole course of his life hath to this day been a continued conspiracy against the Protestant religion, laws, and liberties of the Three Kingdoms. They belong to the exposition the poet Susan Howe made of her book Tom Tit Tot (2013) at Yale Union (Oregon).8. Those lines could resemble the violence, the screams, and the disorder contained in such a situation. Williams, with his innovation, is still in the first stage of experimentation. – Syntactic disruption. It is like a window, an eye that observes the reader in the whiteness of all that empty space, a good metaphor of the feminine figure hidden beyond the veil of history, if we follow the literary interests of Susan Howe´s work. Because of the favourable image it created of the king, John Milton was assigned by the regicides to reply to it, which he did in his "Eikonoklastes". Merriam-Webster.com. I know no resolutions more worthy a Christian king, than to prefer his conscience before his kingdoms. (London, ON, Canada), About this Item: Blades, East & Blades, London, 1896. The first one, the “superficial” reader, would keep characteristics in common with the reader of traditional poetry. (1896), From: The book has made its way back to Britain. More information about this seller A Bibliography of the King's Book; or, Eikon Basilike book. Keoghs Books (Oxford, United Kingdom), About this Item: London printed for H. Brome and H. Marsh at the Gun in Ivy-Lane and at the Princes Arms in Chancery-Lane near Fleetstreet, 1660. While Eikon Basilike is ostensibly a poetic discussion… Skip to content. Condition: Fine. There is a limited one, represented by poets like Gerald Stern, Wanda Coleman, Ted Berrigan, or Karen Volkman. Armorial Seldon bookplate. Published by First edition. Hb. 21. Trawick, Leonard M., ed. Condition: VG. Services . Required fields are marked *. Susan Howe: I graduated in 1961 from the Boston Museum School of Fine Arts, where I majored in painting. Two elements coexist in the poem, a famous play of the Noh´s theatre and an autobiographical remembrance of the poet. 1693 1ed Vindication of King Charles I England Martyr Eikon Basilike Wagstaffe A rare English treatise on the Eikon Basilike, an autobiography of King Charles I. Condition: Near Fine. More information about this seller (1756), From: By Susan Howe. (2008) Poetic Obligation: Ethics in Experimental American Poetry After 1945. Cornell University Press/Folger Shakespeare Library, 1966. Portland, Oregon: Yale Union. See Madan, A New Bibliography of the Eikon Basilike, page 111, No. So, for example, there is a significant group whose interest goes around a particular use of the written language. I like to be stationary. pp [8], 143, [82], xi, [3] plates. More information about this seller (1696), From: Scholes, Robert. In Answer to a Book Intitled, Eikon Basilike, the Portraiture of his Sacred Majesty in his Solitudes and Sufferings. The reason is that we consider her as one of the most experimental poets of our time. Eikon basilike:, or the picture of the late King James drawn to the life. (Yaxley, SUFFOLK, United Kingdom), About this Item: De La More Press, London, 1903. The “superficial” reader would center their attention immediately in the prose sections. oe untrimmed. GOOD+ jacket on a VERY GOOD book. Copiously illustrated in colour and black and white throughout. No 290 of 290 copies on handmade paper (total edition of 300). The ffep has been cello taped to pA3 of teh Table of Contents. Bound into black cloth with silver lettering to the spine. First edition. PART 2: Eikon basilike:, or the picture of the late King James Further drawn to the Life, 1697. Condition: Very Good. Name and date on front free endpaper, mild browning to free emdpapers from pastedowns, ptherwise Very Good. “Traditional poetry” which will refer to the classical poetry in the way it was initially conceived, with its metrical patterns, rhythm, and contents. More Poems by Susan Howe. The text block is showing all the usual signs of 1756 age, muich darkening, cornerwear, and general waviness of paper. No Jacket. Cloth. Lacking first and last blank leaves A1 and S8, and lacking the engraved frontispiece portrait by Marshall. Hardcover. Seller Inventory # 003265. Elliot Stock, London Customer satisfaction is our priority! | Contact this seller Condition: Good. Seller Inventory # H581. and which Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. pp [8], 143, [82], xi, [3] plates. First Edition. Carlisle", possibly of the later banking family, and title of the book written in pencil. (1903), From: The famous allegorical frontispiece by William Marshall depicts Charles I as a Christian martyr. Endpapers foxed, with very slight surface wear, otherwise sound, clean, very good or better. cornell First Edition. Limited edition #25 of 150 copies signed by the publisher. Joints with traces of rubbing. Condition: Good. – Semantic split. Condition: As Described. Corners a little rubbed. from Hinge Picture. A bibliography of The king's book, or, Eikon Basilike. from My Emily Dickinson. (Lee, NH, U.S.A.), About this Item: Alexander Moring, Ltd., 1904. eikon basilike the portraiture of his sacred majesty in his solitues and sufferings. Top edge guillotined with minor loss, margins wormed. 1 vols. (1989), From: The poem could make the reader laugh or even cry, but the lack of emotions was not assumed as a possibility (Hanaver and Rivers 2004: 9-11). Published by Elliot Stock, London By Susan Howe. This appears to be the only version of this book in this size - 4 3/8"x2 1/4"/32mo - and as only the 1st editions appear to contain the errata page, this would certainly be a 1st ed, and very likely a 1st (or possibly a second) printing, as later editions would have incorporated the corrections into the text; in addition, while the following pages are in the correct order, there are several uncorrected pagination errors: page 98 is erroneously numbered p68, p159 is numbered p99, p162 is numbered p192, p194 is numbered as p164, and p167 is numbered p366. Hard Cover. A good copy of a rare antiquarin work. In this plateau, I would like to … More Poems by Susan Howe. Hardcover. Amsterdam, The Netherlands: Editions Rodopi B.V. Finch, Annie and Katherine Varnes. The present edition, which follows the text of the first edition as re-issued in 1649, includes supplemental material from other editions and incorporates the results of research completed since the last edition appeared in 1904". [vi], iv, [viii], 176[2]pp, steel engraved series title-page, engraved title-page vignette, decorated capitals. Referenced by: Wing (2nd ed.) See: Francis F. Madan, A New Bibliography of the Eikon Basilike, page 112, No 133 and page 191 image 28. | Contact this seller In Eikon Basilike, Howe uses a foregrounding of the materiality of language, and a poetics of embodiment, in order to encourage an active reader engagement with her text, turning away finally from the “Lost power of expression / last power of expression” (Eikon 63). 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