Name: Turtle Island
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Author: Snyder, Gary
ISBN: 9780811205450

Type

Physical Book

Author

Gary Snyder

Publisher

New Directions Publishing Corporation

Year

1974

Language

English

Pages

128

Format

Hardcover

Dimensions

21.6 x 14.0 x 1.1 cm

Weight

0.30 kg.

ISBN

0811205452

ISBN13

9780811205450

Synopsis "Turtle Island "

Describing the title of his collection of poetry and occasional prose pieces, Gary Snyder writes in his introductory note that Turtle Island is the old / new name for the continent, based on many creation myths of the people who have been here for millennia, and reapplied by some of them to 'North America' in recent years. The nearly five dozen poems in the book range from the lucid, lyrical, almost mystical to the mytho-biotic, while a few are frankly political. All, however, share a common vision: a rediscovery of this land and the ways by which we might become natives of the place, ceasing to think and act (after all these centuries) as newcomers and invaders.Of particular interest is the full text of the ever more relevant Four Changes, Snyder's seminal manifesto for environmental awareness.

Gary Snyder

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Gary Sherman Snyder (San Francisco, May 8, 1930) is a poet, translator, essayist, lecturer, and American environmental activist belonging to the Beat Generation movement and the San Francisco Renaissance. He is considered one of the founders and forerunners of the 1960s countercultural movement. Among other awards, he has received the 1975 Pulitzer Prize for Poetry. He has published more than 25 books between 1959 and 2007 (poetry, essays, travel books) and has been translated into more than 20 languages.

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