The hideous hidden /
"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 der...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New Directions Paperbook Original,
2016
New York : New Directions, 2016 |
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| Summary: | "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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| Item Description: | "A New Directions Paperbook Original." |
| Physical Description: | 114 pages ; 21 cm |
| ISBN: | 0811225372 (softcover : acid-free paper) 0811225372 9780811225373 (softcover : acid-free paper) 9780811225373 |
| Place of Publication: | United States -- New York -- New York |