{"product_id":"9781871671568-pente-a-book-of-woe","title":"PENTE","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA BOOK OF WOE. Pente, A Book of Woe, Poems by John Wieners formerly entitled Ace of Pentacles by John Wieners, published by James F. Carr and Robert A. Wilson New York City, 1964. Reprinted 1970.This Second Edition is amended according to John Wieners wishes 1966 transcribed from his own copy of the Ace of Pentacles with his hand written amendments. Pente, A Book of Woe, Poems by John Wieners, 2022 published by Artery Editions, Second Edition, formerly entitled Ace ofPentacles by John Wieners, published by James F. Carr and Robert A. Wilson New York City, 1964. Reprinted 1970.Pente, A Book of Woe by John Wieners is the amended edition according to John Wieners's wishes, by a letter dated 10 July 1966 contained in his own copy of Ace of Pentacles This publication of Pente, A Book of Woe by John Wieners is carrying out the Poet's wishes. This new edition is transcribed from his own copy of the Ace of Pentacles with his hand written amendments. This includes the new title for the collection Pente, A Book of Woe. John Wieners also requested 'The Chimney Sweeper' by William Blake, from Songs of Experience to be used as the frontispiece. This collection has a large literary following. Wieners wrote in editing the 1964 collection, in his own hand, \"I'm making plans for my death now, isn't it strange, if I die\" and he was preparing for this collection therefore, to be his final life's work. Some of the original pages with John Wieners's corrections and changes are featured in fascimiles (5 pages), 1 page in John Wieners's own hand, 'THE POOL OF LIGHT'. Original Biographical Note included.Supporting Contributions by Lee Harwood, Denise Levertov, Allen Ginsberg, Robert Duncan, Robert Creeley [historic].New essays Introduction by Michael Seth Stewart, Afterword by Jeremy Reed, Appendix I \u0026amp; II, Notes on Poems by Tim Fletcher, Appendix III,'Les Fenêtres' by Guillaume Apollinaire, Appendix IV 'Towards a Bibliography of John Wieners' (Individual Bibliographies composed and compiled by George F Butterick, Gary M Lepper - Serendipity, Robert Dewhurst \u0026amp; Michael Kindellan.Copyright 2023 The Literary Estate of John Wieners, Raymond Foye, Executor. All rights reserved.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41601059324001,"sku":"9781871671568","price":26.18,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/stand_22530342.jpg?v=1712824610","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781871671568-pente-a-book-of-woe","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}