Transfer of qualities
By: Martha Ronk
Publisher: Omnidawn Publishing
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 79
ISBN-13: 9781890650827
Description: Her new collection is philosophical, asserting that people have no individual identity: they are shape-shifting entities composed of objects beside them, things that continuously affect their essence--which isn't an essence at all. Rather, it's an existence, and one constantly in flux. The collection includes poems, prose poems, and short reflections that resemble snapshots of those changes, illustrating the transfer that occurs between people, objects, and ideas, as is suggested by the book's title (taken from "The Sacred Fount" by Henry James).
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages [81-82]).
Table of contents: title: 1. Objects. Various objects ; The book ; Photograms ; Collecting; title: 2. People. The unfamiliar ; The familiar ; Portaits; title: 3. Transferred stories.