The life of images : selected prose /: selected prose. (2015)

• Record Type: Book
• Uniform Title: Works.
• Further Information: Note: Charles Simic.
• Authors: Simic, Charles, 1938-
• Contents: From Wonderful Words, Silent Truth: Why I like certain poems more than others-- Reading philosophy at night-- Chinese boxes and puppet theaters-- Notes on poetry and philosophy. From The Unemployed Fortune-teller: The flute player and the pit-- Food and happiness-- The little Venus of the Eskimos-- Fried sausage-- Elegy in a spider's web-- Shop, Le Bacares. From the Orphan Factory: Charles the obscure-- In praise of invective-- Orphan factory-- The trouble with poetry-- Cut the comedy-- The poetry of village idiots-- Fearful paradise-- Night sky. From The Metaphysician in the Dark: In praise of folly-- The devil is a poet-- The power of ambiguity-- Buster Keaton-- Poetry and history-- The romance of sausages-- Poetry: the art of memory-- Stargazing in the cinema: on Joseph Cornell-- Literature and the Gods: Roberto Calasso. From Memory Piano: Saul Steinberg-- The singing Simics-- Tsvetaeva: the tragic life-- Adam's umbrella. From The Renegade: The renegade-- Reading about utopia in New York City-- Salvation through laughter-- The life of images-- The powers of invention. Uncollected: The true adventures of Franz Kafka's cage-- My secret-- Oh, what a lovely war!-- Insomnia's philosopher.
• Publisher Details: New York : Ecco
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 808.84; Literary Criticism -- Poetry; Literary Criticism -- Books & Reading; Electronic books; Essays; Essays
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780062364722; 0062364723
• Related ISBNs: 0062364715; 9780062364715
• Notes: Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.