{"product_id":"the-point-alma-venus-manuscripts-9781503628083","title":"The Point Alma Venus Manuscripts","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe years 1921 to 1927 were the most productive of Robinson Jeffers's career. During this period, he wrote not only many of his most well-known lyric poems but also \u003ci\u003eTamar\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Tower Beyond Tragedy\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eRoan Stallion\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Women at Point Sur\u003c\/i\u003e--the long poems that first established his reputation as a major American poet. Including an introduction, chronology, and critical afterword, the \u003ci\u003ePoint Alma Venus\u003c\/i\u003e manuscripts presented here gather Jeffers's four unfinished but substantial preliminary attempts at what became \u003ci\u003eThe Women at Point Sur\u003c\/i\u003e, which Jeffers believed was the \"most inclusive, and poetically the most intense\" of his narrative poems.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe \u003ci\u003ePoint Alma Venus\u003c\/i\u003e fragments and versions shed important light on the composition and themes of \u003ci\u003eThe Women at Point Sur\u003c\/i\u003e. Further, they likely predate other key work from this crucial period, making them a necessary context for those who wish to clarify Jeffers's poetic development and to reinterpret his practice of narrative poetry. Ultimately, they call on general and scholarly readers alike to reconsider Jeffers's place in the canon of modern American poetry.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eRobinson Jeffers\u003c\/b\u003e was a twentieth-century American poet. \u003cb\u003eTim Hunt\u003c\/b\u003e, University Professor Emeritus, Illinois State University, is the editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Collected Poetry of Robinson Jeffers\u003c\/i\u003e (Stanford, 1988-2001). \u003cb\u003eRobert Kafka\u003c\/b\u003e is the editor of \u003ci\u003eWhere Shall I Take You To: The Love Letters of Una and Robinson Jeffers \u003c\/i\u003e(1987).\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Stanford University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50874537771282,"sku":"9781503628083","price":83.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_810bac3c-0830-4b34-a74d-dbc1fdde03f7.jpg?v=1737997933","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-point-alma-venus-manuscripts-9781503628083","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}