Archeophonics

by Peter Gizzi

Book Overview

Soulful and intricate lyrics make this Gizzi's strongest book to date

Archeophonics is the first collection of new work from the poet Peter Gizzi in five years. Archeophonics, defined as the archeology of lost sound, is one way of understanding the role and the task of poetry: to recover the buried sounds and shapes of languages in the tradition of the art, and the multitude of private connections that lie undisclosed in one's...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0819576808
• ISBN13: 9780819576804
• Release Date: September 2016
• Publisher: Wesleyan University Press
• Length: 108 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.6" x 7.8"