{"product_id":"what-remains-selected-poems-paperback","title":"What Remains: Selected Poems - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDavid Curzon\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e David Curzon is best known as the editor of two poetry anthologies on Biblical themes-\u003cem\u003eModern Poems on the Bible \u003c\/em\u003e(JPS, 1994) and \u003cem\u003eThe Gospels in Our Image \u003c\/em\u003e(Harcourt Brace, 1995). \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e His own poems have been widely published in literary journals and anthologies, testament to the quality and caliber of his work. Hopefully the publication of \u003cem\u003eWhat Remains\u003c\/em\u003e, a collection of 90 poems, will introduce a new and broader spectrum of readers to his unique voice and extraordinary range.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e What Remains is his first book of poetry to be published in the United States; (a previous volume, \u003cem\u003eDovchik\u003c\/em\u003e, was published in Australia and two previous books-\u003cem\u003eThe View from Jacob's Ladder \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eMidrashim\u003c\/em\u003e-contain both poetry and prose).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Curzon's poems are windows into a life passionately lived. They are at once ironic and deeply-felt, erudite and amusing, and always reflective of a Renaissance-range of interests. Born in Melbourne, the son of a Holocaust survivor, David Curzon holds a B.Sc. in physics and a PhD in economics. His career included positions at NASA in Washington DC and as chief of the Central Evaluation Unit at the UN, assessing problems of peace-keeping operations and refugee and environment programs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Many poems in this collection are autobiographical (\"An Australian Childhood,\" \"The Emigrant,\" \"A Marriage\"). Others are meditations on Eastern art and philosophy (\"Instructions to a Mustard Seed,\" \"The Tao of Water\"). His poems reflect the deep resonances of art in the poet's inner world and his emotional responses to the living concerns of Biblical, Chinese and other ancient texts. Poems like \"Uncertainty\" and \"A Cold Palm Reading\" address the reader directly with his concerns.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Some of his most memorable poems are modern midrashim on Jewish and biblical themes (\"Psalm 1\"-his unforgettable Holocaust poem, and \"To King David\"-a paean to his namesake). All of his poems represent a spiritual imagination in the broadest sense of the term.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Curzon described the genesis of his midrashic poems in a previous book (\u003cem\u003eThe View from Jacob's Ladder\u003c\/em\u003e): \"Twenty-five years ago I was in an ashram on the banks of the Ganges; ten years later, in New York, after a great deal of meditation, I came to understand that, profound and attractive as Indian religions and philosophies were, I was in fact, not Hindu.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e He was inspired by a poem by Israeli poet Dan Pagis, who used a midrashic technique in his poem on Proverbs 6:6-starting with a Biblical verse, inserting his own response to it, and following up with a variation on the second Biblical line. The midrashic method of interpretation opened up a new genre for Curzon. He writes: \"The poem by Dan Pagis was the key; and through the door of my own resistance that it opened I came to the vast traditions I had been so wary of approaching. I was delighted to learn that these traditions had their own literary devices, and tried using these devices, and found they gave me the freedom to play with the text, to be outraged by the text, to be brought to tears by the text, to be surprised by the strength and nature of my responses, and to begin to discover, through these surprises, myself in my tradition.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The fruits of this revelation are evident in the midrashic poems in this collection.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 116\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.28 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 12, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47353550569721,"sku":"9781953829115","price":21.53,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/pW8zTtT-o-9781953829115.webp?v=1769825164","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/what-remains-selected-poems-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}