Walking Four Ways in the Wind / / John Allman.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1980-1999
• VerfasserIn: Allman, John,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2015]; ©1979
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Language: English
• Series: Princeton Series of Contemporary Poets ; 104
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (92 p.)

Describing this collection of his poems, John Allman writes, "It is a book about the inner and outer worlds, a collection of multiple voices and relationships. In one sense it is about suffering, family, and survival. However, it is also about a world beyond such things, where identity burns by itself, where the self-changes but never dies. The book says that only change happens, but that survival without will and compassion is meaningless. The title, taken from a line in one of the book's ritual lyrics, suggests the four dimensions of human consciousness and effort, and the book strives to name or embody as many landscapes as possible-though it is the 'vertical' one given to religion and death that remains an abiding puzzle."Originally published in 1979.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- I -- ON THE ROOF -- THE MEASURE OF A DACHSHUND'S JAW -- HER REPERTORY -- CREEDMOOR: THE LOCKED WARD -- THE COLOR OF NEVILLE BRAND'S FRONT TEETH -- WIVES OF GENIUSES -- THE VISITORS -- PUMAS -- WIDOW -- GIMPEL THE FOOL -- II -- FREUD'S LAST DREAM -- THE ARTIFICE -- LOSING -- LATE MORNING -- THE KNUCKLER -- SIBLINGS -- MIDDLE AGE -- CAVE PAINTINGS -- SURGERY -- Ill -- RELEASE -- IV -- THE SOUL PLAYS YOU BET YOUR LIFE -- THE SOUL GROWN LAZY -- THE SOUL WALKS OUT -- KINSHIP -- THE MILD -- A FORMER LIFE -- A DEATH -- FILLING THE STRAIGHT -- DEPARTURE -- INTO -- AWAY & TOWARDS -- V -- NANA'S VISIT -- WIDOWER -- THE FIXER -- THE LOST WIFE -- RECONCILIATION -- YOU OWE THEM EVERYTHING -- FOR ONE WHO MOVED AWAY -- GERIATRICS -- THE WARD WIFE -- HIS CREMATION -- FINDING THEM -- PERSONAL -- THE WEEPER -- BOY