Spectra - A Book of Poetic Experiments: With the Essay 'Metrical Regularity' by H. P. Lovecraft

Knish, Anne; Morgan, Emanuel; Lovecraft, H. P.

ISBN 10: 1528717597 / ISBN 13: 9781528717595

Published by Ragged Hand - Read & Co., 2020

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Spectra - A Book of Poetic Experiments: With the Essay 'Metrical Regularity' by H. P. Lovecraft
• Publisher: Ragged Hand - Read & Co.
• Publication Date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1528717597
• ISBN 13: 9781528717595
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Arthur Davison Ficke (1883–1945) was an American playwright, poet, and Japanese art expert. One of America's most famous sonnet writers, he was widely regarded as a “poet's poet” and influenced many other poets of his time. First published in 1916, he co-wrote “Spectra” under the pseudonym Anne Knish. Originally written as a farce of a type of then-famous experimental verse, the assortment of odd poetry surprisingly garnered a great deal of attention and ultimately overshadowed Ficke's traditional prose writing. Contents include: “Opus 1 – Drums”, “Opus 2 – Hope”, “Opus 6 - If I Were Only Dafter”, “Opus 7 - A Bunch of Grapes”, “Opus 9 - Frogs' Legs on a Plate”, “Opus 13 - O Peacock-Feather”, “Opus 14 - I Had to Put Out my Leaves”, “Opus 15 - Despair Comes”, “Opus 16 - The Guillotine”, etc. Other notable works by this author include: “From the Isles: A Series of Songs out of Greece” (1907), “The Happy Princess, and Other Poems” (1907), and “Mrs. Morton of Mexico” (1939). Ragged Hand - Read & Co is republishing this collection of classic poetry now in a new edition complete with the essay “Metrical Regularity” by H. P. Lovecraft.