Edward dorn 19291999 was one of the original voices of his generation. Book i was first published in 1968, book ii in 1969, the cycle book 2 12 in 1971. Funny, cartoonish, erudite to the extreme, it also locates a tuned lyricism in the western vernaculars that dorn uses. Both are epics of america that attempt to embody the countrys shifting, mercurial spirit through a poetry of place.
Through unpublished archival materials, it reexamines the gunslinger erapart of which dorn spent among the countercultural tumult in lawrence, kansaswhen dorn s interest in geography expanded to address both the landscape of the imagination, and the inevitable constraints of an ideologicallyinfused language. Dorn was a student of charles olson at black mountain college, and gunslinger is often compared to olsons the maximus poems. Its in his kiss corvidology life on mars uk archive. The stylistic variety of edward dorns poetic career, from the 1950s through the. Jokes of nature and jokes of language in ed dorn s gunslinger. Gunslinger is the title of a long poem in six parts by ed dorn history. Apr 30, 2016 laughing for survival jokes of nature and jokes of language in ed dorn s gunslinger joao paulo guimaraes in wonders and the order of nature, lorraine daston and katharine park tell us that before nature became a cold and inflexible law enforcer in the latter decades of the seventeenth century, it had a wonderful sense of humor. Edward dorn, 29 september 1989 holograph postscript. His students have vivid memories of ed dorn live, in action, in autodidactic splendor. Edward dorn ku scholarworks the university of kansas.
Dedications and acknowledgements the bibliography of j. An introduction to the work of ed dorn by stephen fredman from jacket. Ed dorn reads selections from his longform classic, gunslinger, at the university of cincinnatis elliston poetry room on february 27, 1980. Oct 09, 20 unfortunately for him, dorn attracted an impressive following over the years, many of postmodern tastes from the time his long poem gunslinger 19681975, later slinger, unfolded in a serial publishing format in five huge volumes that roughly correspond to his years teaching in britain and conclude, or rather close shop unfinished.
And dorn began to write gunslinger, one of the major north american long poems. Dorn s highspirited, crazyquilt, complex antiepic is a masterful critique of late twentiethcentury capitalism and is one of the great comic poems of american literature. Edward dorn s gunslinger michael davidson 233 a bibliography on america for ed dorn charles olson contents. Edward dorn, charles olson, and the american westpaul varner 20200312 this. Philip whalen called a poem a picture or graph of a mind moving. Gunslinger by dorn, first edition, signed abebooks.
He once wrote he was brought up off and on during the intensity of depression nomadism, and his hardscrabble early existence informed his poetics. In a new foreword marjorie perloff discusses gunslinger s continued relevance to contemporary politics. Gunslinger or slinger, as it is called in the 1975 wingbow press complete edition, owes some of its strategies to the modern. Sep 24, 2018 in september, gunslinger was reissued once again, in a 50th anniversary edition. Dorn s gunslinger does the same, only the wild west he moves through is the counterculture of the 1960s.
Box 1, folder 6 edward dorn, 29 september 1989, typed letter. Jokes of nature and jokes of language in ed dorn s gunslinger more by joao paulo guimaraes in this paper, i reassess the typographical and grammatical play in ed dorn s gunslinger, arguing that the compositions meandering form articulates an environmental discourse that has not yet received any critical attention. Thomas mcguanethis fiftieth anniversary edition commemorates edward dorn s mas. There are few poems that so effectively capture a decade and a century. Describing the first volume, gunslinger 1968, as one of the fine poems of the. Gunslinger is the title of a long poem in six parts by ed dorn. Joao paulo guimaraes universidade do porto academia. Edward dorn edward dorn 19291999 was one of the original voices of his generation. Edward merton ed dorn, fodd 2 april 1929 i villa grove, illinois, dod 10 december 1999 i denver, colorado, var en amerikansk poet, ofta forknippad med en grupp kallad black mountain poets. Gunslinger ed dorn poem project gutenberg selfpublishing. World heritage encyclopedia, the aggregation of the largest online encyclopedias available, and the most definitive collection ever assembled. Prolegomenon, from gunslinger bk 1111 ed dorn poem.
Its great that ed dorn s poem in book form, though it was originally published in a sequence of smaller parts, and assembled is back in print, after the singlevolume version took a short drop to the oop lists. According to tom clark, dorn s biographer, dorn followed the. Here, with the publication of book iv, dorn brings together the five sections of his long poem under a lightly modified title meant, perhaps, to carry. Aug 23, 2018 in a new foreword marjorie perloff discusses gunslinger s continued relevance to contemporary politics. Edward dorns gunslinger is an antiepic poem that follows a cast of colorful. Ed dorn project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks read. Prolegomenon, from gunslinger bk 1111 ed dorn poem 247 a this is all water carved the body thrust into the hydrasphere and where the green mesas give way. According to tom clark, dorn s biographer, dorn followed the wandering worksearches of his several exodus relatives down bleak grit avenues of a. Edward dorn s gunslinger michael davidson 233 a bibliography on america for ed dorn. This new edition also includes a critical essay by michael davidson and charles olsons idiosyncratic bibliography on america for ed dorn, which he wrote to provide guidance for dorn s study of, and writing about, the american west. This is the second class in a series taught by ed dorn in the summer of 1977. Book 1 of gunslinger, published in the cataclysmic year 1968.
Disscussion and reading of gunslinger influences on gunslinger continued discussion and reading of gunslinger dorn s early experiences in the west. Spice, 1966 box 1, folder 7 edward dorn to tom clark, january 1991, 12 page autographed letter signed box 1, folder 8 edward dorn to tom clark, 28 january 1995, postcard signed. The diveaway car life and being on the road, prejack kerouac. Thomas mcguane this fiftieth anniversary edition commemorates edward dorn s masterpiece, gunslinger, a comic, antiepic critique of. Dorn s high spirited, crazy quilt, complex anti epic is a masterful critique of late twentieth century capitalism and is one of the great comic poems of american literature dorn is one of the few political poets in america this fantasy about a demigod cowboy, a saloon madam.
All is transhistorical, ed dorn, gunslinger, the cycle. World heritage encyclopedia, the aggregation of the largest online encyclopedias available, and the most definitive. Fiftieth anniversary edition gunslinger is a fundamental american masterpiece. The late ed dorn wrote a masterpiece with gunslinger, an antiepic poem that prefigures many postmodern gestures from its 60s era starting point. Edward dorn was born in eastern illinois at the start of the great depression. Mar 21, 20 gunslinger ed dorn inasmuch as symmetry has long been an important element of the lyric, when i think of poetic turns i think, too, of returns. The poet, masquerading sometimes as tonto, sometimes as charlie chan, meets a sheriff. Paul arcario, bret eynon, and louis lucca coauthored the power of peers. But there is no negative pure enough to entrap our expectations ed dorn, gunslinger, iii. Through unpublished archival materials, it reexamines the gunslinger erapart of which dorn spent among the countercultural tumult in lawrence, kansaswhen dorn s. First published in edward dorn, slinger berkeley, california. Dorn s high spirited, crazy quilt, complex anti epic is a masterful critique of late twentieth.
Edward merton dorn april 2, 1929 december 10, 1999 was an american poet and teacher often associated with the black mountain poets. Foreword on the fiftieth anniversary of ed dorns gunslinger. Tontos revenge, composed of poems written by adam aitken during his term as distinguished visiting writer at the university of hawai. The collection is primarily letters and documents written by ed dorn to tom clark.
Gunslinger by dorn, edward and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Aaronspublished how philosophy can save the planet in calipso conference addresses of the long island philosophical society online,fall 2011, volume 5, number 1. At an early stage in the project, jennifer dunbar dorn was gracious enough to invite me into her denver home for a long discussion over her life with ed at the turn of the centuryin lawrence and elsewhereand where she generously gifted to me copies of a number of dorn s books from the time. While particular forms of all kinds had been celebrated during. Edward merton dorn was an american poet and teacher often associated with the black mountain poets. Often associated with the black mountain poets, dorn was the author of more than forty books of poetry, fiction, and nonfiction.
Levy, william 20 january 2000 death of a gunslinger. Book i was first published in 1968, book ii in 1969, the cycle book 2 12 in 1971, the winterbook book iii in 1972, bean news gunslinger s secret book in 1972, and book iiii as part of the complete slinger minus bean news in 1975. A bibliography on america for ed dorn gunslinger books. Ed dorn and the politics of the new american poetry. Sam had found it to be a fascinating read except for the fact that the gunslinger killed things by describing them. Jul 29, 2011 the title gunslinger, as indicated in the introduction by marjorie perloff in the 1989 duke university press edition, is a take on the mythic western lone gunman who moves through the wild west, guided only by his own inner sense. Dive deep into edward dorns gunslinger with extended analysis, commentary, and discussion. Eduardus merton dorn 2 aprilis 192910 decembris 1999 fuit poeta et magister americanus saepe cum poetis montis atri consociatus. Prolegomenon, from gunslinger bk 1111 ed dorn poem 247 a this is all water carved the body thrust into the hydrasphere and where the green mesas give way to the vulcan floor, not far from farmington and other interferences with the perfect night and the glittering trail. Pdf edward dorns heretical spatial knowledge in the. Table of contents a bibliography on america for ed dorn charles olson pp.
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