Full Description
Hailed by Robert Creeley as "both a deeply useful book and an unequivocal delight" and by the LA Times Book Review as one of the hundred most recommended American books of the late 20th century, Jerome Rothenberg's landmark anthology Technicians of the Sacred has educated and inspired generations of poets, artists, musicians, and other readers, exposing them to the multiple possibilities of poetry throughout the world. Juxtaposing "primitive" and archaic works of art from many cultures with each other and with avant-garde and experimental poetry, Jerome Rothenberg contends that literature extends beyond specific temporal and geographic boundaries, while acting as a retort to those who would call that larger humanity into question. A half-century since its original publication, this revised and expanded third edition provides readers with a wealth of newly gathered and translated texts from recently reinvigorated indigenous cultures, bringing the volume into the present and further extending the range and depth of what we recognize and read as poetry.
Contents
THE PRE-FACES
Pre-Face (2017)
Pre-Face (1984)
Pre-Face (1967)
THE TEXTS
Origins & Namings
Visions & Spels
Death & Defeat
The Book of Events (I)
The Book of Events (II)
Africa
America
Asia
Europe & The Ancient Near East
Oceania
Survivals & Revivals
THE STATEMENTS
THE COMMENTARIES
POST-FACE
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
