{"product_id":"the-invisible-world-is-in-decline-book-ix-paperback","title":"The Invisible World Is in Decline Book IX - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBruce Whiteman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eThe stunning conclusion to a 40-year poetic project\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the tradition of earlier modernist long poems like Ezra Pound's \u003ci\u003eCantos\u003c\/i\u003e and bp Nichol's \u003ci\u003eThe Martyrology\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Invisible World Is in Decline: Book IX\u003c\/i\u003e is full of startling poetic music and imagery while addressing concerns to which every reader will respond: the life of the heart as well as life during COVID-19, love as well as death, philosophy as well as emotion. The poems are deeply responsive to what an epigraph from Virgil calls \"vows and prayers,\" i.e., those things that we desire and promise. Like previous books of Whiteman's long poem, \u003ci\u003eBook IX\u003c\/i\u003e is largely in the form of the prose poem. But the book also contains a moving series of translations in traditional form of texts taken from songs by composers like Schubert and Beethoven, songs that are by turns tragic, meditative, lyrical, and touching. The concluding section focuses on an obsession that poets have had for 2,500 years: inspiration, in the form of the nine Muses. At the heart of this book is what Whiteman calls \"the bright articulate world,\" something visionary but accessible to every thoughtful reader.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eBruce Whiteman\u003c\/b\u003e is a well-known poet and reviewer who lives in Peterborough and teaches part-time at the University of Toronto's School of Continuing Studies. His book reviews have appeared widely in Canada and the U.S. His long poem, \u003ci\u003eThe Invisible World Is in Decline\u003c\/i\u003e, has been appearing in installments since 1984.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 96\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.4 x 8.5 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 12, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51766710665504,"sku":"9781770416574","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/b4443ac4b30b4f765d38b26c9f843122.webp?v=1780297149","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-invisible-world-is-in-decline-book-ix-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}