The Hideous Hidden

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By Sylvia Legris

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The Hideous Hidden, Sylvia Legris's first full-length U.S. collection, explores the poetic potential of human and animal anatomy. Drawing from classical medical texts, da Vinci's manuscripts, and Baudelaire's poetry, Legris crafts poems rich in unique rhythms that celebrate the wonders and complexities of the body's inner workings.
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Ideal for readers interested in poetry, anatomy, and the intersections of language and the human body, as well as those drawn to multidisciplinary arts and culture works.

From the winner of the Griffin Prize, a richly lyrical collection of poems exploring the body's minutiae

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In her first full-length collection published in the United States, Sylvia Legris probes and peels, carves and cleaves, amputates and dissects, to reveal the poetic potential of human and animal anatomy. Starting with the Greek writings of Hippocrates and the Latin language of medicine, and drawing from Leonardo da Vinci's Anatomical Manuscripts, the dermatologist Robert Willan's On Cutaneous Diseases (1808), and Baudelaire's The Flowers of Evil, Legris infuses each poem with unique rhythms that roll off the tongue.

The Hideous Hidden boldly celebrates anatomy's wonders: "Renounce the vestibule of non-vital vitals. / Confess the gallbladder, / the glandular wallflowers, / the objectionable oblong spleen."

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Critics praise The Hideous Hidden for its deep and electric exploration of nerve-like connections within the body. Reviewers highlight Legris's skill in blending medical and poetic language to reveal a hidden lexicon that challenges usual perceptions, treating the body as a continuous site of discovery and inquiry. The collection is seen as a bold reimagining of anatomy, especially significant for bringing female perspectives to historically male-dominated anatomical discourse.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780811225373

Publisher: New Directions Publishing Corporation

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 27 September 2016

Country: United States

Imprint: New Directions Publishing Corporation

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 10.0mm

Width: 132.0mm

Height: 203.0mm

Weight: 145g

Pages: 96

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Arts & Culture Non-Fiction Poetry Sylvia Legris

About the Author

Sylvia Legris was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, and now lives in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Her poems have appeared in the New Yorker, Conjunctions, and Granta, and her third collection of poetry, Nerve Squall, won the 2006 Griffin Poetry Prize.

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