Pieces of Air in the Epic (Wesleyan Poetry Series)

Pieces of Air in the Epic (Wesleyan Poetry Series)
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Winner of the The Poetry Society of America's William Carlos Williams Award (2006)

In her newest poems, Brenda Hillman continues her exploration of nature and culture in ways that demonstrate her original place in experimental lyric traditions. Pieces of Air in the Epic is the second book of a tetrology that takes the elementsâ€”earth, air, water, fireâ€”as its subject. As Hillmanâ€™s previous collection, Cascadia, explores â€œearth,â€ the present collection considers â€œairâ€â€”the many meanings of the word and the life-giving medium we breatheâ€”to test a reality that is both political and personal.

These formally inventive poems reexamine epic and lyric, braiding fact and dream, the social with the self. Hypnotic, spare verses use air on the page as a matrix for cultural healing; some are presided over by a feminine presence and address war in human history, while others are set in streets, parks and wilderness. There are meditations on auras, dust motes, and reading in libraries as acts of restorative memory. This work fuses animist consciousness with cautionary prophecy, and belongs to the mode of H.D. and Robert Duncan. Hillman's poetry continues to explore ways in which human life might be redeemed by imagination.
Country USA
Brand Wesleyan University Press
Manufacturer Wesleyan University Press
Binding Paperback
UnitCount 1
EANs 9780819567888
ReleaseDate 0000-00-00

Country	USA
Brand	Wesleyan University Press
Manufacturer	Wesleyan University Press
Binding	Paperback
UnitCount	1
EANs	9780819567888
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

Pieces of Air in the Epic (Wesleyan Poetry Series)

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