Sound / (system) / Stephen Ratcliffe.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ratcliffe, Stephen.

Contributor:

Gregory, Stephen, photographer.

Green Integer (Firm), publisher.

Series:

Green Integer (Series) ; 78.

Green Integer ; 78.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

254 pages ; 16 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

Sound system

Place of Publication:

København [Copenhagen] ; Los Angeles : Green Integer, 2002.

Summary:

Written between June 1, 1991 and January 31, 1992 the poems of this volume employed the letters of Henry James as a source in order to explore the poetics of narrative, sound as thought and the shape of words as meaning. The series of poems functions almost as a poem-as-novel investigating the phenomena of poetic sound, of the sounds we hear, those we don't, the meanings that those sounds do or do not convey, and the lyricism of poetry -- where what we hear is often blurred, misunderstood, and confused as in everyday experience. Stephen Ratcliffe lives in Oakland, California, where he teaches at Mills College. He is the author of over 16 books of poetry and two books of criticism, including Present Tense, Sculpture, and Listening to Reading.

Contents:

Knowledge 15

Delay 16

Novel 18

Portrait 19

Delay 20

Measure 21

Landscape 22

L 23

M 24

M 25

Language 26

Evidence 27

7th 28

(Twelve) 29

9th 30

Second 31

9th 32

Appendage 33

Correspondence 35

Denoument 36

Passion 37

Fiction 38

Belief 39

Violence 40

Rhythm 41

Position 42

System 43

Confinement 44

Assumption 45

Reverse 46

Measure 47

M 49

C 50

D 51

(O) 52

P 53

Echo 54

Position 55

Position 56

Echo 57

Mouth 58

Mouth 59

Mouth 60

Mouth 61

C 62

D 63

(C) 64

D 65

D 67

E 68

F 69

Sequence 70

Research 71

Interval 72

K 73

L 74

M 75

Position 76

Genre 77

Smoke 78

Condition 79

Light 80

Form 81

Sound 82

Echo 84

Echo 85

Interval 86

Profile 87

Sign 88

(Quotation) 89

(Repetition) 90

Fiction 91

Elsewhere 92

(Interval) 93

(A) 94

A 95

L 96

M 97

Elsewhere 98

Distance 99

Form 100

Meaning 101

[N] 102

M 103

M 104

(N) 105

(O) 106

P 107

P 108

One 109

Elsewhere 110

(One) 111

Second 112

Surface 113

Five 114

Circle 115

Sequence 116

Material 117

Sphere 118

(Finish) 119

A 120

[A] 121

(A) 122

Analysis 123

[A] 124

A 125

Difference 126

Piano 127

(Lacunae) 128

Limit 129

Frame 130

(Amp) 131

Conscience 132

Speaker 133

Private 134

Sequence 135

System 136

Desire 137

Subject 138

Nerve 139

Pace 140

Enigma 141

Entr Act 142

(Simultaneous) 143

Pressure 144

Alternative 145

Story 146

Omission 147

Fiction 148

Paradise 149

Sentiment 150

N 151

Pause 152

Act 153

M 154

N 155

(Aside) 156

Theory 157

Proportion 158

(Idea) 159

Series 160

Name 161

Plus 162

Intercept 163

Premise 165

Scene 166

Phrase 167

Picture 168

Morphia 169

(Gender) 170

Tone 171

Memory 172

Present 173

Silence 174

Pseudonym 176

Private 177

(L) 178

L 179

Elsewhere 180

Private 181

(K) 182

K 183

(L) 184

L 185

M 186

Silence 187

Sequel 189

5th 190

Knowledge 191

Comedy 192

Eroticism 193

Position 194

(Private) 195

I 196

Climate 197

Pace 198

Sentence 200

Sound 201

Continuity 203

Tableau 204

Coherence 205

Scale 206

Smoke 207

Fusion 208

Accident 209

T 210

T 211

(A) 212

Ratio 213

Meaning 214

Passage 215

Context 216

"M" 218

[Research] 219

Friction 220

Nomen 221

Space 222

Delay 223

Anxiety 224

(Anxiety) 225

Anxiety 226

[M] 227

M 228

Element 229

Condition 230

Fiction 231

Fog 232

Act 233

(Touch) 234

Presence 235

C 236

C 237

Accent 238

Crescendo 239

Intercourse 240

Hemorrhage 241

Knowledge 242

Concept 243

Arithmetic 244

Quantum 245

Influence 246

Tension 247

Subiect 248

Sign 249

Motion 250

Fcho 251

Representation 252

Closure 253

Knowledge 254.

Notes:

Poems.

"Cover photograph of Stephen Ratcliffe by Michael Gregory"--t.p. verso.

ISBN:

1931243352

OCLC:

51218574