{"product_id":"the-fabulous-beasts-poems-paperback","title":"The Fabulous Beasts: Poems - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJoyce Carol Oates\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\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.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJoyce Carol Oates is the several books, including \u003ci\u003eThe Poisoned Kiss, The Seduction and Other Stories, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Assassins.\u003c\/i\u003e Her novel \u003ci\u003eThem\u003c\/i\u003e won the National Book Award in 1970, and her collection of short stories, \u003ci\u003eLovely, Dark, Deep, \u003c\/i\u003e was a finalist for the 2015 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. Oates has also received the PEN\/Malamud Award for Excellence in Short Fiction and the F. Scott Fitzgerald Award for Lifetime Achievement in American Literatur\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 100\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.24 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 01, 1977\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47451104084146,"sku":"9780807102855","price":23.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/71138f1a912ad261fb3119b11e899b73.webp?v=1778793981","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/the-fabulous-beasts-poems-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}