The Book of a Hundred Hands
Publication Year: 2005
Published by: University of Iowa Press
Cover
Title Page, Copyright
Contents
Acknowledgments
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pp. xi-xiv
The author would like to thank the editors and staffs of the following journals for their generous support in publishing these poems, in some cases, in earlier versions and/or under altered or different titles. . . . I would also like to thank a bend Press, which published an earlier version of section four as a chapbook titled And Hand. ...
One: The History of the Hand
The History of the Hand
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p. 3-3
The Prehistory of the Hand
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p. 4-4
The Hand Thinks
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p. 5-5
The Hand Defined: 1
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p. 6-6
The Hand Defined: 2
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p. 7-7
The Hand Defined: 3
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p. 8-8
Chirologia, or the Natural Language of the Hand
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p. 9-9
Of an Alphabet of Steppes
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p. 10-10
By the Eighteenth Century
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p. 11-11
A History of the Hand
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p. 12-12
The Hand as Historical
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p. 13-13
A History of the Hand
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p. 14-14
Two: Positions of the Hand
Grasp
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p. 17-17
Fan
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p. 18-18
Grip
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p. 19-19
Hold
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p. 20-20
Sigh
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p. 21-21
Juggle
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p. 22-22
Traveling
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p. 23-23
Glove
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p. 24-24
The Mechanics of the Hand
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pp. 25-26
Three: Professions of the Hand
Case Histories: Physical Aphasia
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p. 29-29
The Hand as Lamp
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p. 30-30
The Hand as Anchor
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p. 31-31
The Hand that Caresses
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p. 32-32
The Hand as Origami
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p. 33-33
The Hand as 19th-Century Harbor
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p. 34-34
The Theater of the Hand
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p. 35-35
The Hand as Ideogram
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p. 36-36
The Hand as Window
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p. 37-37
The Hand as Mansion
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p. 38-38
The Hand as Sun God
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p. 39-39
The Hand Polishes
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pp. 40-41
Expression
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p. 42-42
The Hand as Staircase
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p. 43-43
The Hand as Nest
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p. 44-44
The Hand as Mango
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pp. 45-46
Four: Representations of the Hand
The Hands’ Testament
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p. 49-49
The Hands Testify
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p. 50-50
The Hand Painted In
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p. 51-51
The Hand Sculpted
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p. 52-52
The Hand Etched in Glass
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p. 53-53
The Hand Sketched
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p. 54-54
The Hand Photographed
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p. 55-55
The Hand in Fresco
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p. 56-56
Five: The Anatomy of the Hand
Intro to the Palmar View
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p. 59-59
The Palmar View
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p. 60-60
The Palmar View, Continued
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p. 61-61
Palmar 3
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p. 62-62
Fingers 1
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p. 63-63
Fingers 2
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p. 64-64
Fingers: Alignment
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p. 65-65
Alignment, Continued
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p. 66-66
Fingertips
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p. 67-67
The Hand: Lower View: Oblique
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p. 68-68
The Bevel Itself
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p. 69-69
Knuckles
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p. 70-70
The Thumb: Based On
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p. 71-71
The Intern's Problem
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p. 72-72
The Thumb, In Sum
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p. 73-73
The Hand: Branching Out
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p. 74-74
The Hand: Back View, Fingers Arches
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p. 75-75
The Hand: Other Arches
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p. 76-76
The Fist
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p. 77-77
The Anatomy of Trees
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p. 78-78
The Mechanics of the Hand
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pp. 79-80
Six: American Sign Language
Signs
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p. 83-83
The Manual Alphabet
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p. 84-84
Understanding the Past, Present, and Future
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p. 85-85
Pronouns
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p. 86-86
Thinking and Feeling
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p. 87-87
Flood
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p. 88-88
Garden
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p. 89-89
Rain
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p. 90-90
Ghost (Holy)
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p. 91-91
Deer
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p. 92-92
Evening
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p. 93-93
To Form the Simple Past
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p. 94-94
The Present Perfect: To Have
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p. 95-95
Sun
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p. 96-96
Animal
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pp. 97-98
Seven: Shadow Puppets
The First Movies
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p. 101-101
Birds
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p. 102-102
Birds
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p. 103-103
Birds
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p. 104-104
Advances in the Form
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pp. 105-106
Eight: A Manual of Gesture: Public Speaking for the Gentleman (1879)
Right Hand Descending Oblique Prone
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p. 109-109
Right Hand Horizontal Front Prone
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p. 110-110
Right Hand Ascending Lateral Supine
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p. 111-111
Right Hand Ascending Oblique Vertical
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p. 112-112
Both Hands Descending Lateral Prone
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pp. 113-114
Nine: Paintings of Possible Hands
Wilton Diptych, 1395
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p. 117-117
Fra Angelico, Cell 7, San Marco, 1438-43
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p. 118-118
Dominique Ingres, Venus at Paphos, 1852–53
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p. 119-119
Auguste Rodin, Cathedral, 1908
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p. 120-120
Marc Chagall, Self-Portrait with Seven Fingers, 1912
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p. 121-121
Marcel Duchamp, Portrait of Doctor Raymond Dumouchel, 1910
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p. 122-122
Rembrandt van Rijn, The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicholaes Tulp, detail, 1632
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p. 123-123
Norman Bluhm and Frank O’Hara, Hand, 1960
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p. 124-124
Sean Scully, Landline Sand, 1999
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pp. 125-126
E-ISBN-13: 9781587296475
E-ISBN-10: 1587296470
Print-ISBN-13: 9780877459460
Print-ISBN-10: 0877459460
Page Count: 142
Publication Year: 2005
Series Title: Kuhl House Poets
