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| Author | Lin Carter |
|---|---|
| Illustrator | Lin Carter |
| Cover artist | Lin Carter |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre | poetry |
| Publisher | The Sign of the Centaur |
Publication date | 1951 |
| Media type | |
| Pages | 24 |
| OCLC | 52064646 |
| Followed by | Galleon of Dream |
Sandalwood and Jade: Poems of the Exotic and the Strange is a poetry collection written and illustrated by Lin Carter. The book was released in paperback by The Sign of the Centaur in 1951.[1] in a limited edition of 100 copies.
Background
Carter lists his inspirations as Robert E. Howard, Clark Ashton Smith, John Milton, Percy Bysshe Shelley, John Keats, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Oscar Wilde, Li Po, Tu Fu, Po Chu-I, Hafiz, Omar Khayyam, Chaures, Charles Baudelaire, Edgar Allan Poe, and Don Blanding.[2]
Summary
The collection consists of thirty poems, illustrated and with a foreword by the author.
Contents
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Recognition
"Walker on the Wind" was the winner of the '48 Elizabeth Buchtenkirk Award. "Nightwind" and "The Golden City" were winners of 1948 St. Petersburg Poetry League Awards.[3]
Notes
- ^ Sandalwood and Jade: Poems of the Exotic and the Strange title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
- ^ Carter, Lin. Sandalwood and Jade, 1951, p. 2.
- ^ Carter, Lin. Sandalwood and Jade, 1951, p. 24.
External link
- Sandalwood and Jade: Poems of the Exotic and the Strange (St Petersburg, FL:Sign of the Centaur Press, 1951)
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