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008			160114s2016 alu o 00 0 eng d
010			_z 2015049820
020			_a9780817389925
020			_a081738992X
020			_z9780817358570 (paperback)
020			_z0817358579
035			_a(OCoLC)956541751
040			_aMdBmJHUP _cMdBmJHUP
050	0	0	_aPS3570.H6254 _bA6 2016
082	0	0	_a811/.54 _223
100	1		_aThompson, Jeanie, _eauthor.
240	1	0	_aPoems. _kSelections
245	1	4	_aThe myth of water _h[electronic resource] : _bpoems from the life of Helen Keller / _cJeanie Thompson.
260			_aTuscaloosa, Alabama : _bUniversity of Alabama Press, _c[2016] _e(Baltimore, Md. : _fProject MUSE, _g2015)
300			_a1 online resource (pages cm)
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
520			_a"A collection of personal poems in the voice of Helen Keller. The poems included in this collection struggle with the humanity behind the name Helen Keller and serve to dramatically portray the person Thompson perceives Helen Keller to be. The poetry takes on many approaches, and as such these poems are based in documented fact filtered through distillations of reading and impressions. Some are fantasies of how Helen might have felt or thought, or how she responded as a woman in a particular circumstance. Thompson hopes, with these poems, to give a sense of Helen's simple humanity and great heart and that they will bring more people to appreciate Helen Keller, a woman who sought justice above all else"-- _cProvided by publisher.
520			_a"The Myth of Water is a cycle of thirty-four poems by award-winning Alabama poet and writer Jeanie Thompson in the voice of world-renowned Alabamian Helen Keller. In their sweep, the poems trace Keller's metamorphosis from a native of a bucolic Alabama town to her emergence as a beloved, international figure who championed the rights of the deaf-blind worldwide. Thompson's artfully concatenated vignettes form a mosaic that maps the insightful mind behind the elegant and enigmatic persona Keller projected. Thompson takes readers on the journey of Keller's life, from some of the thirty-seven countries she visited, including the British Isles, Europe, and Japan to the wellsprings of her emotional awakening and insight. The poems are paired with fascinating biographical anecdotes from Keller's life and samplings from her writing, which infuse the work with richly-rewarding biographical detail. The poems in The Myth of Water reveal the discerning subtlety, resiliency, and complexity of the person Thompson perceives Helen Keller to have been. Through a combination of natural intuition, manual signs, Braille alphabets, and lip reading, Keller came to grasp the revolving tapestry of the seasons and the infinite colors of human relationships. Not a biography or a fictional retelling, The Myth of Water attempts to unlock what moved Keller to her life of service and self-examination. This is a deeply personal story of coming through--not overcoming--a double disability to a fully realized life in which a woman gives her heart to the world. "-- _cProvided by publisher.
588			_aDescription based on print version record.
650		7	_aPOETRY / American / General. _2bisacsh
655		7	_aElectronic books. _2local
710	2		_aProject Muse.
830		0	_aUPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
856	4	0	_zFull text available: _uhttps://muse.jhu.edu/book/47821/
945			_aProject MUSE - UPCC 2016 Complete
945			_aProject MUSE - UPCC 2016 Poetry, Fiction and Creative Non-Fiction
999			_c330 _d330