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- Book Title
- On the Wing : American Poems of Air and Space Flight
- Publication Name
- On the Wing
- Title
- On the Wing
- Subtitle
- American Poems of Air and Space Flight
- Contributor
- Karen Yelena Olsen (Edited by)
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- EAN
- 9780877459446
- ISBN
- 9780877459446
- Publisher
- University of Iowa Press
- Genre
- Transportation, Poetry
- Release Date
- 31/05/2005
- Release Year
- 2005
- Language
- English
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- US
- Item Length
- 9in
- Publication Year
- 2005
- Item Height
- 0.6in
- Topic
- Anthologies (Multiple Authors), Aviation / General, American / General, Subjects & Themes / General
- Item Width
- 6in
- Item Weight
- 12.2 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 236 Pages
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From Kitty Hawk to the jumbo jet and from the lunar landing to interstellar probes, American poets in On the Wing explore the phenomena of aviation and space flight. Edited by Karen Yelena Olsen, this balanced yet buoyant anthology collects 116 poems. The six thematic sections celebrate past achievements and the sensuous joys of flying (Impulse of Delight), revel in the vistas opening to the airborne traveler (Worlds Above, Below, Within), ponder the impact of air travel on everyday life (Airplane Visions, Airport Truths), outline the sinister role of the airplane in war (Angle of Attack), lament the shadow of airborne tragedy (Icarus Falling), and explore the mythic dimensions of space flight (Space Odysseys). Olsen's introduction traces the prehistory of flight literature from the Bible to the 19th century and sketches the evolution of 20th-century response, from initial exuberance to a more nuanced and probing examination of aviation and aerospace as they affect our lives. The book includes a short history of flight in the U.S. collection will deeply interest those who have never been on a plane - and delight those who have.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
University of Iowa Press
ISBN-10
0877459444
ISBN-13
9780877459446
eBay Product ID (ePID)
43995227
Product Key Features
Book Title
On the Wing : American Poems of Air and Space Flight
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Anthologies (Multiple Authors), Aviation / General, American / General, Subjects & Themes / General
Publication Year
2005
Genre
Transportation, Poetry
Number of Pages
236 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9in
Item Height
0.6in
Item Width
6in
Item Weight
12.2 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Ps595.A26o5 2005
Reviews
"When man took to the air, he was inspired and enthralled. On the Wing is an excellent collection of poems inspired by the great adventure. This book belongs in the library of everyone who loves flight or appreciates the gentle art."--Stephen Coonts, "On the Wing is a superb collection of poems that capture the excitement, fear, drama, mundaneness, joy, horror, thrill, and power of flight throughout the 20th century from the Wright brothers to the space station. Eloquent in stripping bare the essence of the human experience of leaving our Earth to soar in the atmosphere and beyond, Olsen's collection of aerospace poetry is a delightful balm to the human spirit, evoking adventure, discovery, tragedy, and accomplishment."--Roger Launius, chair, Division of Space History, National Air and Space Museum, "To my knowledge On the Wing is the only anthology that aspires to represent the entirety of the tradition of poems by American poets about the 20th-century history of air flight and space flight. It performs the commend-able and essential service of gathering fugitive poems of gen-uine beauty, accessibility, and insight in order to define more clearly the most significant qual-ities of living in an air age. I finished the book with a deeper understanding of how air and space consciousness permeates our culture and how successfully poets have adapted these themes -the essence of modernity-to teach lessons about everyday and extraordinary life."-Laurence Goldstein, author of The Flying Machine and Modern Literature and editor of the Michigan Quarterly Review
Copyright Date
2005
Target Audience
Trade
Lccn
2004-062052
Dewey Decimal
811.008/0356
Dewey Edition
22
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