Furthest Ecology Adam Fagin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fagin, Adam, 1979- author.

Series:

Mountain west poetry series.

The Mountain west poetry series

Standardized Title:

Poems. Selections

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Thayer, Abbott Handerson, 1849-1921--Poetry.

Genre:

Poetry.

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (81 pages).

Manufacture:

Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2019

Place of Publication:

[Fort Collins, Colorado] : The Center for Literary Publishing, Colorado State University, [2019]

Summary:

"Furthest Ecology takes up the life and labor of Abbott Thayer, the prickly, irrepressible American painter and naturalist nicknamed "the father of camouflage." In 1896, Thayer discovered countershading, also known as "Thayer's Law," the theory of animal coloration often credited for laying the groundwork for military camouflage in World War I. Fagin's poetry follows Thayer through "pure leafy space" ringing with "hypertelic / rhythms of a redpoll," examining in lush, panoramic detail "the clairvoyance of the artist's attention." But this idyllic portrait unravels as Thayer's story proceeds. Grieving the death of his first wife and, later, cutting a frenzied path through wartime Europe, Thayer encounters darker forces, within and without. With spare beauty and sharp-edged syntax, Fagin conjures the painter's world: Loss, despair, obsession, ecstasy, and the aesthetic sublime. Furthest Ecology is a vivid and powerful debut that will haunt readers with its singular vision of artistic pursuit"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Front Matter

Contents

Sole Inhabitant

Lush Minimalisms

First Dream of Color

Fugitive Depth

Ts Law

When I Look

a dawn

A Mountain in Several Brushstrokes

Photograph of Abbott Handerson Thayers Portrait of Kate Thayer, 188889

Feather Fragments from Letter

Circadian Inference

Longwingedsea

Transparent Protests

Occipital

Carnivorous Verisimilitudes

Red Bird

Notes

Acknowledgments

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781885635686

1885635680

OCLC:

1078955334