{"product_id":"9780943373560","title":"The Tablets","description":"\u003cbr\u003ePoetry. THE TABLETS takes its place as a worthy successor of the great American long poems of our century: Pound's Cantos, Williams' Paterson, Olson's Maximus, Zukofsky's A. The first edition, published in 1968, included eight tablets. Over the years, THE TABLETS continued to grow. The present edition is the first to include all twenty-seven tablets that Schwerner had completed at the time of his death, along with the poet's own commentary on the work in the form of Journals\/Divagations. This edition also includes a CD of Schwerner reading extensive selections of THE TABLETS. Schwerner's poem mimics the conventions observed in real scholarly editions of ancient cuneiform texts ... THE TABLETS is a Chinese-box puzzle, in place of a primal scene of archeological insight, a game of hide-and-seek, in place of 'knowledge,' uncertainty, speculation, make-believe and trompe l'oeil effects--Brian McHale.","brand":"National Poetry Foundation","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47023631663344,"sku":"9780943373560","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780943373560_p0.gif?v=1763865358","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780943373560","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}