Contemplations: A Three-Volume Book of 'Word Sculpture' (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781500682439)

Unlike John O'Loughlin's first collection of abstract poems, simply called 'Abstracts' (1983), this later project, divided into three volumes with a total of nearly 400 poems, is non-readerly and hence abstract in a patterned and completely formal way such that requires nothing more than contemplation, as suggested by the title, of its lower-case monosyllabic structures. One could argue that these abstract poems, which the author regards as a form of 'word art' or, better, 'word sculpture', are primarily intended to assist one in developing a contemplative frame-of-mind at the expense of readerly norms, thereby transcending the intellect in what could be regarded as a mode of literary salvation. - A Centretruths editorial.

Author: John O'Loughlin
ISBN-10: 1500682438
ISBN-13: 9781500682439
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 07/29/2014
Pages: 404
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.19lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.83d