 Cover | |
| 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[edit]
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[edit]
The collection consists of thirty poems, illustrated and with a foreword by the author.
Contents[edit]
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Recognition[edit]
"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[edit]
- ^ 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[edit]
- Sandalwood and Jade: Poems of the Exotic and the Strange (St Petersburg, FL:Sign of the Centaur Press, 1951)