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Atlantis, an Autoanthropology

Tarn Nathaniel
Innbundet / 2022 / Engelsk

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781478015284
Publisert
2022-03-01
Utgiver
Vendor
Duke University Press
Vekt
680 gr
Høyde
229 mm
Bredde
152 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet

Forfatter
Tarn Nathaniel
Foreword by
Donahue, Joseph

Om bidragsyterne

Nathaniel Tarn is Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Comparative Literature and Anthropology at Rutgers University and the author of over three dozen works of poetry, criticism, and scholarship, including The Hölderliniae, Gondwana and Other Poems, and The Embattled Lyric: Essays and Conversations in Poetics and Anthropology. He has lived north of Santa Fe, New Mexico, for the past forty years.

Atlantis, an Autoanthropology

Tarn Nathaniel
Innbundet / 2022 / Engelsk
Tarn Nathaniel
Innbundet / 2022 / Engelsk
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“Nathaniel Tarn doesn’t fit our whole world within his imagined autobiographical Atlantis, but he comes intoxicatingly close by way of a rigorous and expansive investigation of his lifelong quest to achieve a science of spirituality. ‘Completion,’ Tarn declares, ‘is not a word that should ever come near this book.’ Likewise, no reader interested in the myriad histories and personae of the self will wish for it either.”

- Albert Mobilio,

“What a great pleasure it is to read such a thoughtful, original, and necessary book, one that touches on so many aspects of culture, the life of the mind, the sources and resources of the creative imagination, all indelibly arrayed against a long life full of exotic travels and memorable human encounters. There is so much to savor in this fabulously inviting work of courageous generosity.”

- Jed Rasula,

"A work of brilliant originality, simultaneously a memoir, an ethnography, a sweeping masterpiece of travel literature, and above all, a poetic testimony of unflinching intelligence and grand passion."

- Norman Finkelstein, Restless Messengers

Se alle

"It’s singularly interesting experience to ingest this book, to be amid it, even to be overwhelmed by it. <i>Atlantis</i>, is a readable avalanche, a discontinuous (but still chronological) memoir, a Big Bricolage of notations, essayistic forays, diary squibs of living life, field notes and polemics, giving the reader charming and telling vignettes . . . these being anecdotes of rare drollery, along with polemics of incisive, and sometimes got-a-bee-in-bonnet challenges...."

- Rachel Blau DuPlessis, Restless Messengers

"Tarn brings to life a seven-decade career lived traveling and writing throughout the world. Impressive in his ability to conjure up meetings with publishers and conversations with friends that took place more than 50 years ago, Tarn builds on his experiences to create an ethnographic study of himself that reads like a biography that is an autobiography. Enthusiasts of anthropology, poetry, academic life, and self-writing will enjoy Tarn’s approach and the insider’s perspective he brings to a life spent translating, publishing, editing, teaching, and traveling. . . . Recommended. Graduate students through faculty."

- S. Batcos, Choice

"At its heart, it is an exploration of poetry: what it is and how it comes about within the mind of the creator. There are insights into the visionary poetry of Wordsworth and Blake, the need for the poet not merely to give pleasure but crucially to become part of the very spin of the world in motion. It is also about the many different sides of Tarn. . . . Although, at times, the writing is introspective, his style is always engaging and often conversational with a good dose of humour."

- Neil Leadbeater, North of Oxford

Over the course of his long career, Nathaniel Tarn has been a poet, anthropologist, and book editor, while his travels have taken him into every continent. Born in France, raised in England, and earning a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago, he knew André Breton, Salvador Dalí, Marcel Duchamp, Margot Fonteyn, Charles Olson, Claude Lévi-Strauss, and many more of the twentieth century’s major artists and intellectuals. In Atlantis, an Autoanthropology he writes that he has "never (yet) been able to experience the sensation of being only one person.” Throughout this literary memoir and autoethnography, Tarn captures this multiplicity and reaches for the uncertainties of a life lived in a dizzying array of times, cultures, and environments. Drawing on his practice as an anthropologist, he takes himself as a subject of study, examining the shape of a life devoted to the study of the whole of human culture. Atlantis, an Autoanthropology prompts us to consider our own multiple selves and the mysteries contained within.
Les mer
In this literary memoir and autoethnography, poet and anthropologist Nathaniel Tarn reflects on a life lived in an array of times, cultures, and environments, from the Battle of Britain and postwar Paris to conducting fieldwork in Guatemala and the halls of academe and beyond.
Les mer
Foreword  xi Preface  xvii Throw One  1 Throw Two  7 Throw Three  16 Throw Four  22 Throw Five  31 Throw Six  39 Throw Seven  46 Throw Eight  57 Throw Nine  69 Throw Ten  80 Throw Eleven  93 Throw Twelve  103 Throw Thirteen  118 Throw Fourteen  127 Throw Fifteen  141 Throw Sixteen  149 Throw Seventeen  161 Throw Eighteen  170 Throw Nineteen  177 Throw Twenty  188 Throw Twenty-One  197 Throw Twenty-Two  205 Throw Twenty-Three  214 Throw Twenty-Four  225 Throw Twenty-Five  233 Throw Twenty-Six  242 Throw Twenty-Seven  255 Throw Twenty-Eight  265 Throw Twenty-Nine  273 Throw Thirty  278 Throw Thirty-One  284 Throw Thirty-Two  291 Throw Thirty-Three  296
Les mer
“Nathaniel Tarn doesn’t fit our whole world within his imagined autobiographical Atlantis, but he comes intoxicatingly close by way of a rigorous and expansive investigation of his lifelong quest to achieve a science of spirituality. ‘Completion,’ Tarn declares, ‘is not a word that should ever come near this book.’ Likewise, no reader interested in the myriad histories and personae of the self will wish for it either.”
Les mer

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“Nathaniel Tarn doesn’t fit our whole world within his imagined autobiographical Atlantis, but he comes intoxicatingly close by way of a rigorous and expansive investigation of his lifelong quest to achieve a science of spirituality. ‘Completion,’ Tarn declares, ‘is not a word that should ever come near this book.’ Likewise, no reader interested in the myriad histories and personae of the self will wish for it either.”

- Albert Mobilio,

“What a great pleasure it is to read such a thoughtful, original, and necessary book, one that touches on so many aspects of culture, the life of the mind, the sources and resources of the creative imagination, all indelibly arrayed against a long life full of exotic travels and memorable human encounters. There is so much to savor in this fabulously inviting work of courageous generosity.”

- Jed Rasula,

"A work of brilliant originality, simultaneously a memoir, an ethnography, a sweeping masterpiece of travel literature, and above all, a poetic testimony of unflinching intelligence and grand passion."

- Norman Finkelstein, Restless Messengers

Se alle

"It’s singularly interesting experience to ingest this book, to be amid it, even to be overwhelmed by it. <i>Atlantis</i>, is a readable avalanche, a discontinuous (but still chronological) memoir, a Big Bricolage of notations, essayistic forays, diary squibs of living life, field notes and polemics, giving the reader charming and telling vignettes . . . these being anecdotes of rare drollery, along with polemics of incisive, and sometimes got-a-bee-in-bonnet challenges...."

- Rachel Blau DuPlessis, Restless Messengers

"Tarn brings to life a seven-decade career lived traveling and writing throughout the world. Impressive in his ability to conjure up meetings with publishers and conversations with friends that took place more than 50 years ago, Tarn builds on his experiences to create an ethnographic study of himself that reads like a biography that is an autobiography. Enthusiasts of anthropology, poetry, academic life, and self-writing will enjoy Tarn’s approach and the insider’s perspective he brings to a life spent translating, publishing, editing, teaching, and traveling. . . . Recommended. Graduate students through faculty."

- S. Batcos, Choice

"At its heart, it is an exploration of poetry: what it is and how it comes about within the mind of the creator. There are insights into the visionary poetry of Wordsworth and Blake, the need for the poet not merely to give pleasure but crucially to become part of the very spin of the world in motion. It is also about the many different sides of Tarn. . . . Although, at times, the writing is introspective, his style is always engaging and often conversational with a good dose of humour."

- Neil Leadbeater, North of Oxford

Over the course of his long career, Nathaniel Tarn has been a poet, anthropologist, and book editor, while his travels have taken him into every continent. Born in France, raised in England, and earning a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago, he knew André Breton, Salvador Dalí, Marcel Duchamp, Margot Fonteyn, Charles Olson, Claude Lévi-Strauss, and many more of the twentieth century’s major artists and intellectuals. In Atlantis, an Autoanthropology he writes that he has "never (yet) been able to experience the sensation of being only one person.” Throughout this literary memoir and autoethnography, Tarn captures this multiplicity and reaches for the uncertainties of a life lived in a dizzying array of times, cultures, and environments. Drawing on his practice as an anthropologist, he takes himself as a subject of study, examining the shape of a life devoted to the study of the whole of human culture. Atlantis, an Autoanthropology prompts us to consider our own multiple selves and the mysteries contained within.
Les mer
In this literary memoir and autoethnography, poet and anthropologist Nathaniel Tarn reflects on a life lived in an array of times, cultures, and environments, from the Battle of Britain and postwar Paris to conducting fieldwork in Guatemala and the halls of academe and beyond.
Les mer
Foreword  xi Preface  xvii Throw One  1 Throw Two  7 Throw Three  16 Throw Four  22 Throw Five  31 Throw Six  39 Throw Seven  46 Throw Eight  57 Throw Nine  69 Throw Ten  80 Throw Eleven  93 Throw Twelve  103 Throw Thirteen  118 Throw Fourteen  127 Throw Fifteen  141 Throw Sixteen  149 Throw Seventeen  161 Throw Eighteen  170 Throw Nineteen  177 Throw Twenty  188 Throw Twenty-One  197 Throw Twenty-Two  205 Throw Twenty-Three  214 Throw Twenty-Four  225 Throw Twenty-Five  233 Throw Twenty-Six  242 Throw Twenty-Seven  255 Throw Twenty-Eight  265 Throw Twenty-Nine  273 Throw Thirty  278 Throw Thirty-One  284 Throw Thirty-Two  291 Throw Thirty-Three  296
Les mer
“Nathaniel Tarn doesn’t fit our whole world within his imagined autobiographical Atlantis, but he comes intoxicatingly close by way of a rigorous and expansive investigation of his lifelong quest to achieve a science of spirituality. ‘Completion,’ Tarn declares, ‘is not a word that should ever come near this book.’ Likewise, no reader interested in the myriad histories and personae of the self will wish for it either.”
Les mer

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781478015284
Publisert
2022-03-01
Utgiver
Vendor
Duke University Press
Vekt
680 gr
Høyde
229 mm
Bredde
152 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet

Forfatter
Tarn Nathaniel
Foreword by
Donahue, Joseph

Om bidragsyterne

Nathaniel Tarn is Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Comparative Literature and Anthropology at Rutgers University and the author of over three dozen works of poetry, criticism, and scholarship, including The Hölderliniae, Gondwana and Other Poems, and The Embattled Lyric: Essays and Conversations in Poetics and Anthropology. He has lived north of Santa Fe, New Mexico, for the past forty years.

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