{"product_id":"minding-the-darkness-peter-dale-scott-9780811214544","title":"Minding the Darkness: A Poem for the Year 2000","description":"\u003cem\u003eMinding the Darkness\u003c\/em\u003e is the final volume of Peter Dale Scott's landmark trilogy \u003cem\u003eSeculum\u003c\/em\u003e. Following \u003cem\u003eComing to Jakarta\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eListening to the Candle\u003c\/em\u003e, it brings stunning, triumphant conclusion to a remarkable and sui generis poem. \"There is nothing quite like these books,\" as the \u003cem\u003eAmerican Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e remarked: \"Scott's trilogy, only two-thirds completed as yet, is certain to be one of the most remarkable and challenging works of our rime.\" Scott's hypnotic epic poem concerns the political and the personal, and their darkly powerful relationships. With its riveting images, Poundian collage, tight three-line stanzas, and eerie, accumulated juxtapositions, \u003cem\u003eMinding the Darkness\u003c\/em\u003e fully hears out James Laughlin's opinion that \"Not since Robert Duncan's \u003cem\u003eGroundwork\u003c\/em\u003e and before that William Carlos Williams \u003cem\u003ePaterson\u003c\/em\u003e, has New Directions published a long poem as important as Peter Dale Scott's.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Peter Dale Scott\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0811214540\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780811214544\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New Directions Publishing Corporation\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/17\/2000\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 264\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.62lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.97h x 5.10w x 0.69d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/18\/2000 pg. 106\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/15\/2000","brand":"Peter Dale Scott","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48517461737727,"sku":"9780811214544","price":21.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_22fec6d2-f0ff-47c4-bea2-a161b6cdcc28.jpg?v=1778731946","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/minding-the-darkness-peter-dale-scott-9780811214544","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}