The Tether: Poems - Softcover

Phillips, Carl

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0374528454 ISBN 13: 9780374528454

Verlag: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2002

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Book by Phillips Carl

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Críticas:

"[Phillips writes] batter-my-heart provocations worthy of John Donne [that are] subdued to a still, mature reverence." --The New Yorker

"[These] poems have a rare sensuality, and they successfully marry a brooding and philosophical outlook with high lyricism and musicality." --Kate Moos, Ruminator Review

"The music here is an admittedly cerebral one, and the poems are enjoyable, like late James, as much for the length and intricacy of their twistings as for the actual content. . . . Much of [this content] is passionately flourished. Many poems concern desire, the ways it may be satisfied, deferred, or disappointed: 'The hunt-was good; the kill, / less so, as you'd said to / expect. I don't listen, always.' The metaphor of the hunt is one of Phillips's favorites, and he doesn't shy away from either the brutality or the tenderness it calls for. The empathy of Phillips's work, especially when set off against his remarkably austere language, is terrific and moving. The strength of these poems is their sinuosity of thought. In the best cases, that hard thought flowers into feeling and makes the poems memorable." --Kirkus Reviews

Reseña del editor:

Turning frequently to nature, myth, and history for illustration, this first collection of poetry comes from a writer whose works' primary attributes are their physicality, grace, and disarming honesty about desire and faith. Reprint.

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• Verlag: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0374528454
• ISBN 13: 9780374528454
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 96