{"product_id":"notes-on-thought-and-vision-9780872861411","title":"Notes on Thought and Vision","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eNotes on Thought and Vision \u003c\/i\u003eby Imagist poet H.D. (Hilda Doolittle) is an aphoristic meditation on how one works toward an ideal body-mind synthesis; a contemplation of the sources of imagination and the creative process; and a study of gender differences H.D. believed to be inherent in women's and men's consciousness. Here, too, is\u003ci\u003e The Wise Sappho\u003c\/i\u003e, a lyrical tribute to the great poet of Lesbos, for whom H.D. felt deep personal kinship.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\"Notes\" is filled with dualisms that seem to split experience at all levels: body and spirit, womb and head, feeling and thought, the unconscious and ego consciousness, female and male, nature and divinity, classical and Christian, Greek and Hebrew, Greek and Egyptian, Sphinx and Centaur, Pan and Helios, Naiads and Athene, thistle and serpent. But the impulse behind \"Notes\" is to account for those mysterious moments in which the polarities seemed to fall away, or--more accurately--to find their contradictions lifted and subsumed into a gestalt that illuminated the cross-patch of the past and released her to the chances of the future.\" --Albert Gelpi, Introduction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"H. D.'s\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eNotes on Thought and Vision\u003c\/i\u003e  is] such a unique, inspiring, exploration of her notion of the creative process, orchestrated through an array of fully female, not feminine, not feminist, \u003ci\u003efemale\u003c\/i\u003e figures.\" --Paul Kameen, University of Pittsburgh, English Department\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHilda \"H.D.\" Doolittle (1886-1961) was a poet, novelist, and memoirist well-known for her role with the avant-gard Imagist group. Though born in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, her publications took off in London and earned her a spot within the emerging Imagist movement. She is also known for being unapologetic about her sexuality and is an icon for LGBT rights and feminist movements.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e City Lights Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/01\/2001\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780872861411\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 44\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.22lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.80h x 5.30w x 0.20d","brand":"Hilda Doolittle (H D. ).","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39580020703413,"sku":"9780872861411","price":11.01,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_53f45320-067d-40d9-ac45-cd0f5b6e11f8.jpg?v=1617084004","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/notes-on-thought-and-vision-9780872861411","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}