All: A James Broughton Reader
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| Rating | : | 4.17 (516 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1938246055 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 272 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-10-27 |
| Language | : | English |
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"In the sensibilities of a discerning few, James Broughton has for years occupied a special place comparable to that of Cocteau or Keaton, Satie or Sitewell. Yet he has never been fashionable nor identified with any school; always an odd bird in the aviary, he has remained uniquely true to his own visionary music." -- Jonathan Williams"James Broughton is a master of the whimsical tone, the unexpected insight, and the hidden bite. He lives in a very special world and is an expert at pulling his audience into it, whether by his poetry or his cinema." -- Kenneth Rexroth ("Father of the Beats" according to Time Magazine)
Stephen Silha said Big Joy Amplified. Jack Foley has done a masterful job of collecting the very best of James Broughton's poems, plays, and prose and made them again accessible to a public in need of Big Joy.. Big Joy With the release of this important book on filmmaker and poet James Broughton we are handed a unique experience, for it is "the very first book to allow the various aspects of Broughton's complex personality to 'sing' to one another." Broughton, or "Big Joy," was so vastly talented and led such. Wisdom For the Ages While I was not very familiar with James Broughton's work, I had heard how much people liked him as both a poet and filmmaker. Poetry is not my first choice of reading but I can be induced to try out anything unfamiliar to me as it was with this book. The book was very engaging and let the read
n a life that stretched from 1913 to 1999 James Broughton witnessed and commented on the twentieth century from the point of view of an outsider. All: A James Broughton Reader collects the range of this acclaimed poet and filmmaker.. In a time aghast at its own horrors, Broughton championed laughter. In a rational century, he asserted mystery. He was a poet, not of the ivory tower but of the innovative street, a playful, urban voice with the notion that a poet could change the world