Antiphonal Swing: Selected Prose 1962-1987

Thirty-four essays, interviews and prose poems by this poet and translator explore theories of the contextual fabric of World poetry, and describe the development of his own poetic vision in a re-evaluation of the roots of consciousness. This volume includes selections from Eshleman’s dialogues with James Hillman as well as introductions from his two most important volumes of poetry. There is also a discussion of the narrative elements in Upper Paleolithic cave art; an essay on the art of translation; and critical appraisals of such poets and artists as Gary Snyder, Leon Golub, William Bronk, Charles Olson and Allen Ginsberg.