The Andrew Poems (Walt McDonald First-Book) - Hardcover

Wagner, Shelly

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0896723194 ISBN 13: 9780896723191

Verlag: Texas Tech Press,U.S., 1994

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Book by Wagner Shelly

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"The lines have the dignity that comes from unadorned precision, from putting an exact name to one's worst possible fears." -- Bill Ruehlmann "Virginian-Pilot" "Shelly's poems are so strong yet so simple that you just get taken in by them before you know what's happened to you. She has a direct line to grief and joy, and both are expressed in her work. She's been there. Her poems take you there, too." -- Pam Sutton "American Poetry Review" "It is every mother's worst nightmare, a book of inexplicable suffering and incalculable loss. Wagner pulls it off--not by explaining what it means to grieve, but by showing the images she's left with: a gorilla mask Andrew wore to the zoo, a pair of shoes she regrets throwing away..." -- Beth Macy "The Roanoke Times"

Reseña del editor:

One after another...Shelly Wagner's poems reach out and unstrap us; we're forced head-on into the pathos, the overwhelming beauty, the sense of unbearable loss. And as we read on, the only cushioning restraints are the beauty of language, the aesthetic and emotional impact of poetry (which intensify feelings even more, of course). What saves us, then, as reader? How can we bear it? Why should we try to cope with such loss, until we might have to? If Aristotle was right, a drama like this arouses our pity and fear: compassion, as we empathize; and fear, as we identify with and realize that the grief overwhelming the characters might happen also to us.

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• Verlag: Texas Tech Press,U.S.
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0896723194
• ISBN 13: 9780896723191
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 96