{"product_id":"the-fabulous-beasts-poems-9780807102855","title":"The Fabulous Beasts: Poems","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis collection of fifty-two poems from the author of \u003ci\u003eAngel Fire \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eAnonymous Sins\u003c\/i\u003e explores the annihilation of the time-bound ego, a liberating, sometimes terrifying experience for all who live within the \"fabulous beast\" of history and nature. The poems explore the shifting, elusive point at which the inwardness of individual experience touches upon the larger consciousness of a species or an era, forming a connection with a \"self\" that goes beyond subjectivity. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe poems are grouped into four parts: \"Broken Connections,\" \"Forbidden Testimonies,\" \"The Child-Martyr\" and \"A Posthumous Sketch,\" are prose poems which, though technically different from the others, are concerned with the same theme--the relationship between the individual and a larger, all-inclusive whole. Neither fatalistic nor rebellious, the poems convey the idea that as long as we live in time we must struggle, and that is this struggle that determines our humanity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e LSU Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/01\/1977\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780807102855\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 100\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.24d","brand":"Joyce Carol Oates","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42729525117109,"sku":"9780807102855","price":18.66,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_ba53ccd9-bbf0-48f1-8074-befae1f4b183.jpg?v=1675803142","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-fabulous-beasts-poems-9780807102855","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}