Outbelieving Existence: The Measured Motion of James Dickey

by Gordon Van Ness

Surveys the scholarship and criticism surrounding Dickey's work, detailing the poet's intent as well as the critical reception.

In their analysis of James Dickey's work, critics have often assumed too narrow a focus, concerning themselves with a reputation as a man larger than life, who hunts rattlesnakes with a blowgun and who shoots white-water rapids.Such critics do not see the forest at all; they mistake the tree for the forest.
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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1879751275
• ISBN13: 9781879751279
• Release Date: July 1992
• Publisher: Camden House (NY)
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.1"