{"product_id":"rothko-paperback","title":"Rothko - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDavid Swartz\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Rothko,\" the title long-poem of this slim volume, is an attempt to crystallize 20 texts on a very elusive major \"abstract expressionist\" (a designation of which the artist himself derived scant satisfaction) into a dramatic monologue in a wholly new verse form, 33 sections of 6 couplets of nearly identical length lines, each section preceded by a brief haiku-like quotation from the 3 most seminal texts.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e This ambitious \"deconstruction\" of both man and artist in the very act of his gashing forearms with a razor blade, is of interest to the scholar as well as the general reader, for it provides a fresh and compelling view into the psychology and motivations of one of our greatest Americans.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The other 4 long-poems in this volume provide another access to the general reader in particular, insight, that is, into the psyche of the poet himself-\"Grove Street,\" a paen to a quiet suburban setting; \"Mundtot,\" an investigation of the \"mouth-death\" or curtailment-of-verbal-expression in our own contemporary culture, an over-reliance on market in publishing circles as opposed to the more tangible political repression in the larger past, particularly Nazi Germany; \"Beethoven's Teeth,\" the dark hole of the poet's often wayward consciousness, imagery courtesy of 20th Century's Francis Bacon; and \"NORMAN Jack Turner,\" the concluding work, a requiem for a dear friend, dead of AIDS in 1996.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The 4 long-poems exist in their own right but also simply as an aside when juxtaposed to the power and originality of \"Rothko\" itself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 116\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.28 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 22, 2008\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42169355763847,"sku":"9781440115141","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/7d2655c29d65ef50bb318f49c4782bb4.webp?v=1733341098","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/rothko-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}