Gary Snyder Books

MYTHS & TEXTS provides a drama play of the mind temple which is posed at a point of watershed where human evolutional trends of literary, spiritual. religious, cultural, anthropological, and philosophical quests converge in word of poetry and represented in condensed forms. It also opens the access to the postmodern world of open space that we either knowingly or unknowingly are posed in. Where the vista is cosmic, mind is never lost but most expanded though inwardly. Sailing along, you'll find that not only the mountain but the Universe is your mind.

(P.S.: A thorough study and thesis was written but unpublished.)

Gary Snyder is a poet whose body of work spans his entire life. In "Myths and Texts" Snyder shows the upward slope of his evolution as a poet. His voice is distinct and drives the form of his words. His cadence is practically one with the surrounding nature of the mythologies he constantly creates and re-creates. The imagery is easy to visualize due to Snyder's connection with nature.

MYTHS & TEXTS provides a drama play of the mind temple which is posed at a point of watershed where human evolutional trends of literary, spiritual. religious, cultural, anthropological, and philosophical quests are converged and depicted in condensed forms. It also opens the access to the postmodern world of open space that we either knowingly or unknowingly are posed in. Where the vistas is cosmic, the mind is never lost but most expanded inwardly. Sailing along, you'll find that not only the mountain but the the Universe is the mind.

(P.S.: A thorough study and thesis was written but unpublished. It can be reached through contact.)

Hoo! this singular syllable is all that can be used to attempt to describe this. snyder's short eternal truths, his exact observations and his simplistic morals are all explored beyond what anyone else has done or will do. snyder's life is chronicled by himself in this series of poems that everyone who has heard of poetry must read.

I don't want to imply that this is a bad book, in fact I think it represents a tremendous effort. However, this is not a book for the casual reader, and certainly NOT a book for someone "coming to Gary Snyder for the first time." This book is scholarly and rather nit-picking. It at turns makes much of a single word and yet elsewhere glosses over whole pieces of Snyder's writing. Most importantly, someone buying this books should understand that it picks apart poems and prose pieces, often without quoting more than the single word or phrase it is discussing. There is thus often little context for the analysis given, and it is hard to read this book unless you already have more or less a complete collection of Gary Snyder's writings sitting beside you. That said, for someone who DOES have most or all of Gary Snyder's writing at hand, "A Place for Wayfaring" provides a lot of insight and background material that would otherwise be unavailable outside of a college English class. For the Snyder fan, a worthwhile book, but if you've only read a few of Snyder's books, I think you'll quickly feel lost.