How I became one of the invisible / David Rattray ; edited by Chris Kraus ; expanded and with an introduction by Robert Dewhurst ; afterword by Rachel Kushner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rattray, David, author.

Dewhurst, Robert, author of introduction.

Kushner, Rachel, author of afterword.

Contributor:

Kraus, Chris, editor.

Series:

Semiotext(e) native agents series

Semiotext(e) / Native Agents

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rattray, David.

Poetry, Modern--20th century--History and criticism.

Poetry, Modern.

Literature, Modern--20th century--History and criticism.

Literature, Modern.

Poetry.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Essays.

Physical Description:

423 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.

Edition:

New edition.

Place of Publication:

South Pasadena, CA : Semiotext(e), [2019]

Summary:

Since its first publication in 1992, David Rattray's How I Became One of the Invisible has functioned as a kind of secret history and guidebook to a poetic and mystical tradition running through Western civilization from Pythagoras to In Nomine music to Hölderlin and Antonin Artaud. Rattray not only excavated this tradition, he embodied and lived it. He studied at Harvard and the Sorbonne but remained a poet, outside the academy. His stories "Van" and "The Angel" chronicle his travels in southern Mexico with his friend, the poet Van Buskirk, and his adventures after graduating from Dartmouth in the mid-1950s. Eclipsed by the more mediagenic Beat writers during his lifetime, Rattray has become a powerful influence on contemporary artists and writers.

Contents:

How I Became One of the Invisible p. 45

Lightning over the Treasury p. 47

Van p. 53

The Angel p. 73

Harvest p. 103

West from Napeague p. 143

Family Business p. 146

The Darkened Chamber p. 165

French Film Friends: A Memoir of the 1960s p. 171

Artaud's Cane p. 179

Difficult Life: René Crevel p. 206

Roger Gilbert-Lecomte p. 220

Honey-Winged Song p. 244

Nelligan p. 253

A Basic Document p. 271

In Nomine p. 287

Transcript of a Talk on Translating Artaud p. 305

How I Became One of the Invisible p. 312

Additional Prose p. 323

Weekend with Ezra Pound p. 327

Yoga of Anger p. 344

A Revelation p. 348

Max p. 353

In the Hand of the Wind p. 364

On Spirals p. 375

Letter to a Young Poet p. 386

Taking Risks Seriously: Interview with Ken Jordan p. 389

Excerpts from the Last Journal p. 400.

Notes:

First published in 1992.

Includes bibliographical references.

Series title and edition statement from publisher's website.

ISBN:

9781635900729

1635900727

OCLC:

1054377176