Beyond Earth's edge : the poetry of spaceflight / edited by Julie Swarstad Johnson and Christopher C...
Beyond Earth's edge : the poetry of spaceflight / edited by Julie Swarstad Johnson and Christopher C...
Beyond Earth's edge : the poetry of spaceflight / edited by Julie Swarstad Johnson and Christopher Cokinos ; with an introduction by John M. Logsdon.
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Publisher
Tucson : The University of Arizona Press, 2020.
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G 2020/5396
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English
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Physical content
xxxi, 248 pages, 15 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 23 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
SPUTNIK AND THE RACE TO THE MOON -- Sputnik: October 4, 1957 / Corrinne Clegg Hales -- Uncle Bud, Unshaken In The Wake Of Sputnik October 1957 / David Clewell -- The Nazis At White Sands / Christopher Cokinos -- Laika / Frank Paino -- Heel & Toe To The End / William Carlos Williams -- A Lady Astrona...
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Publisher
Tucson : The University of Arizona Press, 2020.
Place of Publication
Arizona
Date Published
2020.
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Summary
"Beyond Earth's Edge vividly captures the violence of blast-off, the wonders seen by Hubble, and the trajectories of exploration to Mars and beyond through poetry. The anthology offers a fascinating record of both national mindsets and private perspectives as poets grapple with the promise and peril of U.S. space exploration across the decades, and...
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Beyond Earth's edge : the poetry of spaceflight / edited by Julie Swarstad Johnson and Christopher Cokinos ; with an introduction by John M. Logsdon.
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Includes bibliographical references.
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G 2020/5396
Record Identifier
74VKaOq2yOp3
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKaOq2yOp3
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ISBN
9780816539192
DDC
811.5408036
MMS ID
991024375719502626
