The Journal of Albion Moonlight (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780811222051)

Inspired by one of the finest lyrics in the English language, the anonymous, pre-Shakespearean "Tom o'Bedlam" ("By a knight of ghosts and shadows / I summoned am to tourney / Ten leagues beyond the wide world's end / Methinks it is no journey..."), Kenneth Patchen sets off on an allegorical journey to the furthest limits of love and murder, madness and sex. While on this disordered pilgrimage to H. Roivas (Heavenly Savior), various characters offer deranged responses, conveying an otherworldly, imaginative madness. A chronicle of violent fury and compassion, written when Surrealism was still vigorous and doing battle with psychotic "reality," The Journal of Albion Moonlight is an American monument to engagement.

Author: Kenneth Patchen
ISBN-10: 0811222055
ISBN-13: 9780811222051
Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation
Language: English
Published: 02/28/2017
Pages: 320
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.95lbs
Size: 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.90d